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The 400 Richest People in America in 2012

The 400 Richest People in America in 2012
Smart earning methods shared the first 200 richest Billionaires of America with its readers and the response was great. What you must notice in this series is the fact that these 400 people with their earnings mentioned and the source of income is not only a list to admire them, in fact these are the 400 ideas that you can implement in your lives to reach to such a level of success. Match your skills with the highest earning man of that domain and research on him. You will see a new spark in your personality which can really help you out in reaching to such a level.
Here are the remaining 200 Ideas, hope you get facilitated by them.



201.Sid Bass

Net Worth: $2.1 Billion
Company: Oil and investments
sid bass
Bass took control of his family business in 1968. His investments include oil and gas. Along with his father and two of his brothers, he was the largest shareholder in the The Walt Disney Company.

202.Israel Englander

Net Worth: $2.1 Billion
Company: Hedge-Funds
israel englander
Englander graduated with his undergraduate degree from NYU. He later started in the MBA program there but left early to trade on AMEX. In 1989, he founded Millennium Management.

203.Phillip Frost

Net Worth: $2.1 Billion
Company: Pharmaceuticals
Phillip Frost
Frost bought Key Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in 1972. Dr. Frost was Chairman of the Board of Directors of Key Pharmaceuticals from 1972 until its acquisition by Schering-Plough in 1986 for $600 million. Frost’s share was $100 million

204.Jeff Greene

Net Worth: $2.1 Billion
Company: Real state and investments
jeff greene
Jeff Greene was born on December 10, 1954. he is an American real estate entrepreneur. He is a member of the Democratic Party and was a candidate in the 2010 Senate election primaries in Florida

205.George Lindemann

Net Worth: $2.1 Billion
Company: Investments
george lindamann
George Lindemann is an American businessman and the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Southern Union, a pipeline company.He also owns 19 Spanish-language radio stations

206.Michael Milkin

Net Worth: $2.1Billion
Company: Investments

Michael Robert Milken is an American business magnate, financier, and philanthropist noted for his role in the development of the market for high-yield bonds.

207.Sean Parker

Net Worth: $2.1 Billion
Company: Facebook

sean parker
Sean Parker is an American entrepreneur who was a co-founder of the file-sharing computer service Napster and the first president of the social networking website Facebook.

208.Robert Rich

Net Worth: $2.1 Billion
Company: Frozen Foods
robert rich

209.Edward Roski

Net Worth: $2.1 Billion
Company: Real estate
Haute Roski

210.Wilbur Ross

Net Worth: $2.1 Billion
Company: Investments
Wilbur Ross Jr

211.David Shaw

Net Worth: $2.1 Billion
Company: Hedge-Funds

212.Neil Bluhm

Net Worth: $2 Billion
Company: Real estate

213.John Catsimatidis

Net Worth: $2 Billion
Company: Super markets, Oil and Real estate

214.Edward DeBartolo

Net Worth: $2 Billion
Company: Shopping malls

215.Doris Fisher

Net Worth: $2 Billion
Company: Gap

216.Gordon Getty

Net Worth: $2 Billion
Company: Getty oil

217.Michael and Marian Ilitch

Net Worth: $2 Billion
Company: Pizza

218.Mark Pincus

Net Worth: $2 Billion
Company: Online gaming

219.Stewart and Lynda Resnick

Net Worth: $2 Billion
Company: Agriculture and Water

220.J. Christopher Reyes

Net Worth: $2 Billion
Company: Food distribution

221.Jude Reyes

Net Worth: $2 Billion
Company: Food distribution

222.Eduardo Saverin

Net Worth: $2 Billion
Company: Facebook

223.Richard Schulze

Net Worth: $2 Billion
Company: Best buy

224.Ted Turner

Net Worth: $2 Billion
Company: Cable Television

225.Romesh Wadhwani

Net Worth: $2 Billion
Company: Software

226.Kelcy Warren

Net Worth: $2 Billion
Company: Pipe lines

227.Marc Benioff

Net Worth: $1.9 Billion
Company: Business software

228.David Bonderman

Net Worth: $1.9 Billion
Company: Leveraged Buyouts

229.Phoebe Hearst Cooke

Net Worth: $1.9 Billion
Company: Hearst corp

230.James Coulter

Net Worth: $1.9 Billion
Company: Leveraged buyouts

231.David Hearst

Net Worth: $1.9 Billion
Company: Hearst corp

232.George Hearst

Net Worth: $1.9 Billion
Company: Hearst corp

233.Stanley Hubbard

Net Worth: $1.9 Billion
Company: Direct TV

234.Jeremy Jacobs

Net Worth: $1.9 Billion
Company: Sports concession

235.Michael Jaharis

Net Worth: $1.9 Billion
Company: Pharmaceuticals

236.Jerry Jones

Net Worth: $1.9 Billion
Company: Dallas Cowboys

237.Richard Peery

Net Worth: $1.9 Billion
Company: Real state

238.John Pritzker

Net Worth: $1.9 Billion
Company: Hotels, Investments

239.Alfred James Clark

Net Worth: $1.8 Billion
Company: Constructions

240.Leon Cooperman

Net Worth: $1.8 Billion
Company: Hedge-Funds

241.Jim Davis

Net Worth: $1.8 Billion
Company: New balance

242.Bennett Dorrance

Net Worth: $1.8 Billion
Company: Campbell Soup

243.Ted Forstmann

Net Worth: $1.8 Billion
Company: Sports management

244.Bradley Huges

Net Worth: $1.8 Billion
Company: Self storage

245.Min Kao

Net worth: $1.8 Billion
Company: Navigation equipment

246. Thomas Kaplan

Net Worth: $1.8 Billion
Company: Investments

247.Herbert Kohler

Net Worth: $1.8 Billion
Company: Plumbing fixtures

248. Bernard Marcus

Net Worth: $1.8 Billion
Company: Home depot

249. Clayton Mathile

Net worth: $1.8 Billion
Company: Pet Food

250. Thomas Pritzker

Net worth: $1.8 Billion
Company: Hotels, Investments

251. Leandro Rizzuto

Net worth:$ 1.8 Billion
Company: Consumer products

252.Thomas Siebel

Net worth:$1.8 Billion
Company: Business Software

253. Jerry Speyer

Net worth: $1.8 Billion
Company: Real estate

254. Glen Taylor

Net worth: $ 1.8 Billion
Company: Printing

255.Dean White

Net worth:$1.8 Billion
Company: Billboards and Hotels

256. George Argyros

Net worth: $1.75 Billion
Company: Real estate and investments

257. Drayton Mclane

Net worth: $1.75 Billion
Company: Wal-Mart, logistics

258. Walter Scott

Net worth: $1.75 Billion
Company: Construction, Telecom

259. Daniel Abraham

Net worth: $ 1.7 billion
Company: Slim-Fast

260. Ken Fisher

Net worth: $1.7 Billion
Company: Money management

261.Bred Kelley

Net Worth: $1.7 Billion
Company: Tobacco

262. Robert Kraft

Net worth: $1.7 Billion
Company: New England Patriots

263. Isaac Perlmutter

Net worth: $1.7 Billion
Company: Marvel

264. Penny Pritzker

Net worth:$1.7 Billion
Company: Hotels and investments

265. Henry Samueli

Net Worth:$1.7 Billion
Company: Semi Conductors

266. Fredrick Smith

Net worth: $ 1.7 Billion
Company: FedEx

267. Albert Ueltschi

Net worth: $ 1.7 Billion
Company: Flight safety

268.Elaine Wynn

Net worth:$ 1.7 Billion
Company: Hotels

269. Norman Braman

Net worth: 1.6 Billion
Company: Arts and car dealership

270. Barry Diller

Net worth: $ 1.6 Billion
Company: Inter active Corp

271. Glenn Dubbin

Net worth: $ 1.6 billion
Company: Hedge funds

272.Gerald Ford

Net worth: $ 1.6 Billion
Company: Banking

273. Thomas Friedkin

Net worth: $1.6 Billion
Company: Toyota distribution

274. Noam Gottesman

Net worth: $ 1.6 Billion
Company: Hedge Funds

275. Bruce Karsh

Net worth: $ 1.6 billion
Company: Money management

276.Joseph Mansueto

Net worth: $ 1.6 Billion
Company: Investment research

277.Howard Masks

Net worth: $ 1.6 billions
Company: Money management

278.Craig McCaw

Net worth: $ 1.6 Billion
Company: Telecom

279.Michael Mortiz

Net worth: $ 1.6 billion
Company: Venture Capital

280. Daniel Pritzker

Net worth: $ 1.6 billion
Company: Hotels and investments

281. James Pritzker

Net worth : $ 1.6 billion
Company: hotels and investments

282.Jean Pritzker

Net worth: $ 1.6 billion
Company: Hotels and investments

283.Karen Pritzker

Net worth: $ 1.6 billion
Company: Hotels and investments

284. Linda Pritzker

Net worth: $ 1.6 Billion
Company: Hotels and investments

285.Kavitrak Ram Shriram

Net worth: $ 1.6 Billion

286. Herbert Simon

Net worth: $ 1.6 Billion
Company: Real estate

287.Clemmie Spangler

Net worth: $ 1.6 billion
Company: Investments

288.Anita Zucker

Net worth: $ 1.6 Billion
Company: chemicals

289. Ron Baron

Net worth: $ 1.5 Billion
Company: Money management

290.Edward Bass

Net worth: $ 1.5 Billion
Company: Oil and investments

291.John Fisher

Net worth: $ 1.5 billion
Company: Gap

292.Daniel Gilberts

Net worth: $ 1.6 Billion
Company: Quicken Loans

293. Michael Heisley

Net worth: $ 1.5 Billion
Company: Manufacturing

294. Reid Hoffman

Net Worth: $ 1.5 Billion
Company: LinkedIn

295. Joe Jamail

Net Worth: $1.5 Billion
Company: Lawsuits

296. Eric Lefkofsky

Net Worth: $1.5 Billion
Company: Groupon

297. Stephen Mandel

Net Worth: $1.5 Billion
Company: Hedge funds

298. Robert McNair

Net Worth: $1.5 Billion
Company: Energy, sports

299. Manuel Moroun

Net Worth: $1.5 Billion
Company: Transportations

300. Jonathan Nelson

Net Worth: $1.5 Billion
Company: Leveraged buyouts

301. Bob Parsons

Net Worth: $1.5 Billion
Company: web hosting

302. Michael Price

Net Worth: $1.5 Billion
Company: Investments

303. Donald Streling

Net Worth: $1.5 Billion
Company: real estate

304. Peter Thiel

Net Worth: $1.5 Billion
Company: Paypal, Facebook


309. Joshua Harris

Net Worth: $1.4 Billion
Company: Leveraged buyouts

310. T.Boone Pickens

Net Worth: $1.4 Billion
Company: oil and gas investments

311. Marc Rowan

Net Worth: $1.4 Billion
Company: Leveraged buyouts

312. Herbert Allen

Net Worth: $1.4 Billion
Company: Investment Banking

313. Louis Bacon

Net Worth: $1.4 Billion
Company: hedge funds

314. Ray Davis

Net Worth: $1.4 Billion
Company: Pipelines

315. Tom Golisano

Net Worth: $1.4 Billion
Company: paychex

316. David Gottesman

Net Worth: $1.4 Billion
Company: Investments

317. Johnelle Hunt

Net Worth: $1.4 Billion
Company: trucking

318. James Irsay

Net Worth: $1.4 Billion
Company: Indianpolis Colts

319. Thomas Lee

Net Worth: $1.4 Billion
Company: Leveraged buyouts

320. Gary Magness

Net Worth: $1.4 Billion
Company: Cable Investments

321. Richard Marriott

Net Worth: $1.4 Billion
Company: Hotels

322. Billy Joe McCombs

Net Worth: $1.4 Billion
Company: Radio, oil, real estates

323. Gary Michelson

Net Worth: $1.4 Billion
Company: Medical Patents

324. Henry Ross Perot

Net Worth: $1.4 Billion
Company: computer services and real estate

325. Evgeny Shvidler

Net Worth: $1.4 Billion
Company: oil and Gas Investments

326. Wilma Tisch

Net Worth: $1.4 Billion
Company: diversified

327. Dan Wilks

Net Worth: $1.4 Billion
Company: Natural Gas

328. Farris Wilks

Net Worth: $1.4 Billion
Company: Natural Gas

329. Bharat Desai

Net Worth: $1.35 Billion
Company: outsourcing

330. Christopher Goldbury

Net Worth: $1.35 Billion
Company: Salsa

331. Stephen Biscoitti

Net Worth: $1.3 Billion
Company: Outsourcing, Football

332. Arthur Blank

Net Worth: $1.3 Billion
Company: Home Depot

333. Charles Brandes

Net Worth: $1.3 Billion
Company: Money Management

334. Austin Cargill

Net Worth: $1.3 Billion
Company: Cargill Inc.

335. James Cargill

Net Worth: $1.3 Billion
Company: Cargill Inc.

336. Steve Case

Net Worth: $1.3 Billion
Company: AOL

337. Leon Charney

Net Worth: $1.3 Billion
Company:Real estate

338. Richard Chilton Jr

Net Worth: $1.3 Billion
Company: hedge funds

339. Scott Cook

Net Worth: $1.3 Billion
Company: Intuit

340. Joseph Craft

Net Worth: $1.3 Billion
Company: Coal

341. David Duffied

Net Worth: $1.3 Billion
Company: PeopleSoft

342. Vinod Khosla

Net Worth: $1.3 Billion
Company: Venture Capital

343. Kenneth Langone

Net Worth: $1.3 Billion
Company: Investments

344. Marc Lasry

Net Worth: $1.3 Billion
Company: Hedge funds

345. Marianne Liebmann

Net Worth: $1.3 Billion
Company: Cargill Inc.

346. Bill Marriott

Net Worth: $1.3 Billion
Company: Hotels

347. Henry Nicholas

Net Worth: $1.3 Billion
Company: Semiconductors

348. Stewart Rahr

Net Worth: $1.3 Billion
Company: Drug Distribution

349. Richard Scaife

Net Worth: $1.3 Billion
Company: Investments

350. Howard Schultz

Net Worth: $1.3 Billion
Company: Starbucks

351. Thomas Steyer

Net Worth: $1.3 Billion
Company: Hedge Funds

352. Robert Stiller

Net Worth: $1.3 Billion
Company: Coffee

353. Pat Stryker

Net Worth: $1.3 Billion
Company: Medical Technology

354. Meg Whitman

Net Worth: $1.3 Billion
Company: Ebay

355. Edmund Ansin

Net Worth: $1.25 Billion
Company: T.V

356. Frank Fertitta

Net Worth: $1.25 Billion
Company: Casinos, ultimate fighting championship

357. Alan Gerry

Net Worth: $1.25 Billion
Company: Cable T.V

358. Henry Swieca

Net Worth: $1.25 Billion
Company: Hedge funds

359. Alan Casden

Net Worth: $1.25 Billion
Company: Real estate

360. William Connor

Net Worth: $1.2 Billion
Company: logistics

361. James Dinan

Net Worth: $1.2 Billion
Company: hedge funds

362. Lorenzo Fertitta

Net Worth: $1.2 Billion
Company: Casinos

363. Sidney Kimmel

Net Worth: $1.2 Billion
Company: Retail

364. William Macaulay

Net Worth: $1.2 Billion
Company: Energy Investments

365. Aubrey McClendon

Net Worth: $1.2 Billion
Company: Natural Gas

366. C. Dean Metropoulos

Net Worth: $1.2 Billion
Company: Investments

367. Nelson Peltz

Net Worth: $1.2 Billion
Company: Investments

368. Nicholas Pritzker

Net Worth: $1.2 Billion
Company: hotels

369. Kenny Troutt

Net Worth: $1.2 Billion
Company: Excel Communications

370. Todd Wagner

Net Worth: $1.2 Billion
Company: Online Media

371. Charlotte Colket

Net Worth: $1.2 Billion
Company: Campbell Soup

372. Irwin Jacobs

Net Worth: $1.2 Billion
Company: Qualcomm

373. Alexander Rovt

Net Worth: $1.15 Billion
Company: Fertilizer

374. Peter Sperling

Net Worth: $1.15 Billion
Company: education

375. Kenneth Adams

Net Worth: $1.15 Billion
Company: Oil

376. Thomas Barrack

Net Worth: $1.1 Billion
Company: Colony Capital

377. Tom Benson

Net Worth: $1.1 Billion
Company: New Orleans Saints

378. Jim Breyer

Net Worth: $1.1 Billion
Company: Venture Capital

379. Gary Burrell

Net Worth: $1.1 Billion
Company: Navigation Equipment

380. S. Truett Cathy

Net Worth: $1.1 Billion
Company” Chick-fil-A

381. David Filo

Net Worth: $1.1 Billion
Company: Yahoo

382. William Ford

Net Worth: $1.1 Billion
Company: Ford Motors Co.

383. John Henry

Net Worth: $1.1 Billion
Company: Sports

384. George Joseph

Net Worth: $1.1 Billion
Company: Insurance

385. Jim Justice

Net Worth: $1.1 Billion
Company: Coal

386. Alexander Knaster

Net Worth: $1.1 Billion
Company: Oil,Telecom, Banking

387. Michael Krasny

Net Worth: $1.1 Billion
Company: retail

388. James Leinunger

Net Worth: $1.1 Billion
Company: Medical Devices

389. Jeffrey Lurie

Net Worth: $1.1 Billion
Company: Philadelphia Eagles

390. William Moncrief

Net Worth: $1.1 Billion
Company: oil

391. Patrick Ryan

Net Worth: $1.1 Billion
Company: Insurance

392. Bernard Saul

Net Worth: $1.1 Billion
Company: Banking, real Estate

393. Alexander Spanos

Net Worth: $1.1 Billion
Company: Real esate

394. Mark Stevens

Net Worth: $1.1 Billion
Company: Venture Capital

395. Jon Stryker

Net Worth: $1.1 Billion
Company: Medical tech.

396. Jerry Yang

Net Worth: $1.1 Billion
Company: Yahoo

397. Darwin Deason

Net Worth: $1.05 Billion
Company: Xerox

398. Peter Lewis

Net Worth: $1.05 Billion
Company: Progressive Corp

399. Steven Roth

Net Worth: $1.05 Billion
Company: Real Estate

400. Dan Snyder

Net Worth: $1.05 Billion
Company: Washington Redskins
Here comes the end, these people are inspirations for us because if you study their lives, you will realize that they have work really hard to make their place in this list. the last part of the series will soon disclose how these people were able to get rich this tremendously.

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