Please bear some sons...

...so I can woo them into courtship!

Once again with a NET worth...not Gross, NET worth of 50 BILLION big ones, Bill Gates reigns supreme as the richest man in America. The economy only tumbles for some I see.

Check these out:

The 5 richest
Rank Name Net worth Age Residence Source
1. Bill Gates $57 billion, 52, Medina, Wash. , Microsoft* (MSFT, news, msgs)
2. Warren Buffett, $50 billion, 78, Omaha, Neb., Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A, news, msgs)
3. Larry Ellison, $27 billion, 64, Redwood City, Calif., Oracle (ORCL, news, msgs)
4. Jim Walton, $23.4 billion, 60, Bentonville, Ark., Wal-Mart Stores (WMT, news, msgs)
5. S Robson Walton, $23.3 billion, 64, Bentonville, Ark., Wal-Mart Stores

Top 5 relentlessly rich: On the list from the beginning
Rank** Name Net worth Age Residence Source
2. Warren Buffett, $50 billion, 78, Omaha, Neb., Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A, news, msgs)
9. Charles Koch, $19 billion, 72, Wichita, Kan., Manufacturing, energy
9. David Koch, $19 billion, 68, New York, Manufacturing, energy
19. Anne Cox Chambers, $13 billion, 88, Atlanta, Cox Enterprises
20. Donald Bren, $12 billion, 78, Newport Beach, Calif., Real estate

Top 5 fashion fortunes
Rank** Name Net worth Age Residence Source
76. Ralph Lauren, $4.7 billion, 68, New York, Polo Ralph Lauren (RL, news, msgs)
134. James Jannard, $3 billion, 59, San Juan Islands, Wash., Apparel
163. Jim Davis & family, $2.5 billion, 65, Newton, Mass., New Balance
262. Richard Hayne, $1.8 billion, 61, Philadelphia, Urban Outfitters (URBN, news, msgs)
262. John J. Fisher, $1.8 billion, 47, San Francisco, Gap (GPS, news, msgs)

Top 5 in media
Rank** Name Net worth Age Residence Source
35. Charles Ergen, $8.1 billion, 55, Denver, EchoStar (SATS, news, msgs)
47. Rupert Murdoch, $6.8 billion, 77, New York, News Corp. (NWS, news, msgs)
49. David Geffen, $6.5 billion, 65, Malibu, Calif., Movies, music
49. James Kennedy, $6.5 billion, 60, Atlanta, Media/entertainment
49. Blair Parry-Okedon, $6.5 billion, 57, Scone, Australia, Media/entertainment

*Microsoft is the publisher of MSN Money.**Rank within the Forbes 400 list.

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Imagine how DRASTICALLY things could change if each of these people gave 1/100 of their wealth to education, poverty, engery research....