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The founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates is yet again the richest man in America. He was announced for the 17th year in a row the richest man in the United States. Bill Gates is first on the Forbes list with an estimated fortune of $54 billion, up from $50 billion in 2009. No. 2 on the list was investor Warren Buffett, worth $45 billion, up $5 billion. Oracle founder Larry Ellison's net worth was unchanged, in third place, at $27 billion. Christy Walton, heir to Walmart founder Sam Walton's fortune, was in fourth place with $24 billion, up $2.5 billion.

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, No. 35, saw the largest relative increase, more than tripling his fortune to $6.9 billion from $2 billion. He manage to rank higher than Apple’s founder, Steve Jobs, who was 42 with a fortune of 6.1 billion.

California is the state with the most billionaires -- 83 -- among them No. 332 Meg Whitman, worth $1.2 billion, the Republican candidate for governor of the state in November elections.

The top ten Richest Americans are:

1. Bill Gates- 54 billion dollars

2. Warren Buffett- 45 billion dollars

3. Lawrence Ellison- 27 billion dollars

4. Christy Walton and family- 24 billion dollars

5. Charles Koch- 21.5 billion dollars

6. David Koch- 21.5 billion dollars

7. Jim C Walton- 20.1 billion dollars

8. Alice Walton- 20 billion dollars

9. S. Robson Walton- 19.7 billion dollars

10. Michael Bloomberg- 18 billion dollars

Still, Bill Gates is the richest man in America