14 Area Billionaires Make The Forbes List Of America's Richest

Washingtonian:

American billionaires are getting richer. In its new list of the richest American billionaires, Forbes notes that the dozen on the magazine?s cover, including Washington?s David Rubenstein and Steve Case, are worth a combined $126 billion. The combined net worth of the 400 Americans who make up the full list is $1.7 trillion. Furthermore, back when the list started in 1982, the cutoff for the list was a net worth of $75 million. Now it?s $1.1 billion.

Washington?s -- and Baltimore?s -- contribution is about where it?s been: 14 individuals get a mention. Here are the Washington- and Baltimore-area billionaires who make the cut, with their rank:

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Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/21/14-area-billionaires-make_n_1904025.html

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