Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has topped
the 2017 Forbes list of 400 richest Americans,
marking the 24th straight year to do so.
He has a net worth of 89 billion U.S. dollars,
with Amazon's Jeff Bezos coming in second,
followed by Warren Buffet.
U.S. President Donald Trump, meanwhile, saw
his ranking slip from 156th place in 2016
to 248th this year, with his fortune falling
by 600 million dollars to three-point-one
billion.
The magazine attributed his decline to a recent
drop in value of his Manhattan real estate
holdings and a costly presidential campaign.
