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Richest Americans led by Sam Walton on Forbes 400
Sam Walton of Bentonville tops Forbes 400 for a second year with a $4.5 billion fortune. The list features Merv Griffin, Dick Clark, Ralph Lauren and Estee Lauder among newcomers. Barbara Cox Anthony and Anne Cox Chambers join as new billionaires. New York hosts 83 of the super rich. Kansas has three entrants including Hallmark’s Hall, Koch, and Nichols.
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New York
Hollywood
Merv Griffin
Dick Clark
Arkansas
Sam Moore Walton
Bentonville
Ark
Wal-Mart
Forbes
Walton
H. Ross Perot
Dallas
Electronic Data Systems
General Motors Corp
John Kluge
Charlottesville
Metromedia
Ralph Lauren
Frank Perdue
Roy Edward Disney
Walt Disney
Ernest and
Julio Gallo
Norman Lear
Estee Lauder
Ted Turner
Rockefellers
du Ponts
Mellons
du Pont
Barbara Cox Anthony
Anne Cox Chambers
America
Paul Fireman
Newton
Mass
Reebok
William Henry Gates III
Microsoft
Robert William Galvin
Motorola
Dorothy Stimson Bullit
Seattle
Michael Currier
New York City
California
Texas
Florida
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Donald Joyce Hall
Mission Hills
Hallmark Cards
Charles de Ganahi Koch
Wichita
Miller Nichols
Prairie Village