Did you know that ten out of the top twelve American billionaires made their money from a stock? The Forbes 400 Magazine was published about a month ago, which listed the wealthiest people in the United States.
It is interesting to note that most of the wealthiest achievements are from publicly traded companies. Maybe you can piggyback on some of these billionaires and their stocks.
Here is a list of the top dozen wealthy people with stock connections.
- Jeff Bezos – Amazon (AMZN)
- Bill Gates – Microsoft (MSFT)
- Warren Buffett – Berkshire Hathaway (BRKA) (BRKB)
- Mark Zuckerberg – Facebook (FB)
- Larry Ellison – Oracle (ORCL)
- Larry Page – Google (GOOG) (GOOGL)
- Sergey Brin – Google (GOOG) (GOOGL)
- Jim Walton – Walmart (WMT)
- Alice Walton – Walmart (WMT)
- S. Robson Walton – Walmart (WMT)
- Steve Ballmer – Microsoft (MSFT)
- Phil Knight – Nike (NKE)