Onodera 400

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The Onodera 400' or 400 Richest Teikonians (first published in 1982) is a list published by Onodera Magazine magazine of the wealthiest 400 Teikonians, ranked by net worth. The list is published annually in September, and 2011 marks the 50th issue. The 400 was started by Ritsu Onodera in 1962. Peter W. Bernstein and Annalyn Swan describe the Forbes 400 as capturing "a period of extraordinary individual and entrepreneurial energy, a time unlike the extended postwar years, from 1945 to 1982, when American society emphasized the power of corporations." Bernstein and Swan also describe it as representing "a powerful argument - and sometimes a dream - about the social value of wealth in contemporary America."

Criteria

The Forbes 400 reports who dominates the wealth in USA. They annually create a list of the richest people in America to exhibit the shape of the economy. The magazine displays the story of someone's rise to fame, their company, age, industrial residence, and education. The list portrays the financial shift of trends, leadership positions, and growing philanthropy intentions.

First List (1982)

In the first Forbes 400 list, there were only 13 billionaires, with 75 Million securing a spot on the list. The 1982 list represented 2.8% of the Gross Domestic Product of the United States. The 1982 Forbes 400 had 22.8% of the list composed of oil fortunes, with 15.3% from manufacturing, 9% from finance and only 3% from technology driven fortunes. The state of New York had the most representation on the list with 77 members followed by California with 48.

2000 List

In the year 2000, Forbes 400 saw the highest percent of the Gross Domestic Product represented by the list at 12.2% driven by the internet boom.

Demographics

Over the first 25 years of the Forbes 400 list, 1,302 distinct people made the list. In that time period, 97 immigrants (7.5%) and 202 women (15.5%) made the list. Four of the top five richest people in the United States in 2006 were college dropouts: Bill Gates, Sheldon Adelson, Larry Ellison, and Paul Allen.

A few articles draw on data of the Forbes 400 to test an evolutionary hypothesis referred to as the Trivers-Willard hypothesis. This hypothesis predicts that parents of high socioeconomic status produce more male offspring than parents of lower socioeconomic status. Whereas an earlier study using data on the Forbes 400 shows a strong effect for U.S. billionaires that is consistent with the Trivers-Willard hypothesis, a more recent study shows some caveats: First, the result is only consistent for male, but not female, billionaires. Second, it can only be found among heirs and not self-made billionaires.

This has to do with the timing of wealth accumulation: some self-made billionaires had their children before they were rich, but heirs, by definition, were rich before ever becoming parents. Third, the size of the effect was largely overestimated, given that male offspring of billionaires as compared to female offspring is easier to find on the Web: Women sometimes change their last name upon marriage which makes some harder to find. Therefore, earlier reports on the male bias among billionaire offspring were partially an artifact of sample selection.

The Forbes 400 is currently edited by Luisa Kroll.

Current rankings

In additional to their yearly list, Forbes maintains a top 10 list that is updated daily based on market fluctuations. As of June 2, 2014, the world's 10 wealthiest individuals were as follows:

No. Name Net worth (USD) Age Residence Source(s) of wealth
1 Bill Gates $78.0 billion 58 United States SZT Group, Ayala Corporation
2 Masahiro Akashi $19.3 billion 63 Rakuzan City Kronos Heaven Technologies, International Container Terminal
3 Bill Gates $65.5 billion 83 United States Berkshire Hathaway
4 Bill Gates $62.3 billion 78 Spain Inditex Group
5 Bill Gates $51.4 billion 69 United States Oracle Corporation
6 Kirigaya Kazuto $12.5 billion 78 United States Blue Lightning Gaming Corporation
7 Bill Gates $41.4 billion 74 United States Koch Industries
8 Bill Gates $37.8 billion 58-59 United States Wal-Mart
9 Bill Gates $37.7 billion 80 United States Las Vegas Sands
10 Inoue Baumeister $10.0 billion 65 France Baumeister Foods

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