there’s rich and then there’s super-rich
it was outrageous it valued the company
at fifteen billion dollars welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top ten
influential American billionaires his
goal isn’t to be the richest guy in the
cemetery right that’s a good thing and
so he’s doing a lot of good with the
money that he made for this list we’re
only including American citizens whose
personal yearly net worth is in the
billion dollars income bracket to be
clear the rich people in question did
not have to be born in the USA to
qualify number 10 George Soros I was
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obviously in favor of open society and I
set up a foundation to foster the open
societies the man who broke the Bank of
England shorted ten billion dollars
worth of British pounds during Black
Wednesday the 1992 UK currency crisis
the most dramatic view turning
government economic strategy for 25
years was forced on the prime minister
and Chancellor by the overwhelming
pressure of billions upon billions of
pounds being sold in the foreign
exchange markets his profit a cool
billion born in Hungary but now a
naturalized American citizen he’s among
the planet’s 30 richest people one who
helped Eastern Europe shift to
capitalism from communism and more
recently one of President Barack Obama’s
wealthiest supporters that’s a more
supportive of Obama than most Democrats
are which is not necessarily saying a
lot the politically active Soros
contributed 1 million dollars in support
of Obama’s 2012 campaign and later
boosted Hillary Clinton’s presidential
aspirations by signing on as finance
co-chair of the ready for Hillary super
PAC they should not be lobbying for
their private interests their special
interests and it is happening right now
in the United States a staunch
progressive liberal
has contributed eight billion dollars to
human rights and education projects
using his wealth for both politics and
philanthropy people tend to feel that
these problems are so huge leave it to
the governments leave it to others by
George never has that attitude
George always feels he can make a
difference an individual can make a
difference
number nine Rupert Murdoch well what
keeps you area generous what keeps you
at it but I just love it the medium is
the message
and nobody understands this better than
media baron Rupert Murdoch within a year
he’d acquired and shortly after relaunch
the son Murdoch was here to stay and he
was determined to alter the character of
British journalist the Australian born
American Murdoch founded both News Corp
the second largest global media group on
the planet and 21st Century Fox and four
years Murdoch has waged war against
left-wing politics through interests
like The Wall Street Journal and Fox
News from Fox News world headquarters in
New York this he’s America’s election
headquarters a lying with other media
barons including Michael Bloomberg
Murdoch has become prominent in
immigration reform issues using Fox News
firebrand right-wing religious and
fiscal conservatism you have to
understand tolerance sir I know it
doesn’t come naturally to Murdoch’s
changed the media landscape and how
Americans receive and process
information from the media one cent this
is the most humble day of my life
number 8 Charles and David Koch
billionaire businessman David Koch and
his brother Charles are the good guys
fighting against too much government and
for individual freedom the Brothers
Grimm Charles and David Koch are
co-owners of the second largest
privately held company in America Koch
Industries board chair and CEO Charles
and executive VP David control a company
that deals in resource products from oil
and chemicals to pulp and paper and
ranching here
we build on each other’s ideas to create
more opportunities for people everywhere
together we are code together they
support America’s most influential
free-market right-wing libertarian
forces the cokes and their partners
spent at least 40 million dollars in the
2010 US elections helping to shift the
balance of power in the House of
Representatives towards right-wing tea
party Republicans the duo has poured
billions into unseating Democrat
senators and waging war on Obamacare
Time magazine named the cokes among the
world’s most influential people while
the Brookings Institute has indexed the
brothers as the most politically
powerful American billionaires what do
you want your true stone to say haha
well I’d like it to say that David Koch
did his best to make the world a better
place and that he hopes his wealth will
help people long after he has passed
away number 7
Mark Zuckerberg Facebook and its founder
Mark Zuckerberg will be on their way to
mounting one of the largest public
offerings in history Facebook’s
co-founder chairman and chief executive
Mark Zuckerberg created the largest
social media network site with billions
of users worldwide I really think that
Facebook needs to be focused on building
the best experiences for people around
the world
Facebook’s global force facilitated
countless campaign launches and
businesses Facebook likes the photo
sharing app so much it’s paying 1
billion dollars for it indeed Zuckerberg
Lobel phenomenon changed how people
interact with each other and the
Internet in 2010 Time magazine named
Zuckerberg its Person of the Year
he also made x list of the 100 most
influential people of all time not only
an innovator when it comes to the
Internet Zuckerberg joined the likes of
Bill Gates and Warren Buffett for The
Giving Pledge promising to eventually
give more than half of his fortune to
charity the couple gave away 18 million
shares of Facebook stock to the Silicon
Valley Community Foundation a gift
valued at more than nine hundred and
ninety million dollars number six
Michael Bloomberg I’m very many
technology companies that have been
business for 32 years that
at the top of their game not only making
our list but also landing in the top 10
richest people in the US this former
mayor of New York City is also the
multimedia billionaire mogul behind
Bloomberg LP the financial news agency
Thank You jay-z for being such a special
part of the city but more importantly
thank you for letting me tell people
we’re friends and like the city that
never sleeps
Michael Bloomberg works tirelessly both
as a politician and philanthropist to
promote gun control through nonprofits
such as Mayors Against Illegal Guns and
every town for gun safety
furthermore Bloomberg has contributed
millions of dollars to a super PAC
independence USA to influence not only
gun control but also marriage equality
and education issues work hard you’re
gonna need some luck but the harder you
work the luckier you get and if it
doesn’t work out that’s not the end of
the world
number five Warren Buffett I knew I was
going to be interested in stocks the
rest of my life but probably at the time
I was you know eight or nine
he’s the Oracle of Omaha and the most
successful investor of the 20th century
Warren Buffett is chairman CEO and
majority shareholder of Berkshire
Hathaway and many have adopted his
simple approach to investing always
focus on value some attendees consider
it a pilgrimage the Berkshire Hathaway
annual meeting in Omaha Nebraska
ping-pong popsicles and picture taking
with Warren Buffett in 2008 Buffett’s
shrewd skill had earned him the title of
world’s richest person an honor he lost
only after he donated billions to
charity and he announced that he was
pledging the bulk of his fortune not to
his children but to the foundation run
by Bill and Melinda Gates dubbed one of
the world’s most influential people by
Time magazine in 2012 Buffett lately has
been criticized by his wealthy
colleagues for his higher taxes crusade
against the super-rich but he remains a
powerful player thanks to the money and
respect he’s earned I just have a great
time every day I mean I am getting to do
exactly what I want to do in life and it
doesn’t get any better than that
number four Oprah Winfrey I don’t come
to any of this without an
acknowledgement of where I’ve come from
an embodiment of the American dream
Oprah emerged from more than humble
beginnings in rural Mississippi to
become a talented TV host a powerhouse
interviewer and one of the world’s most
recognizable faces
good morning and welcome to a.m. Chicago
seen as the media force that popularized
the talk show and confessional TV MS
Winfrey is also credited with breaking
cultural taboos and bringing
spirituality to the mainstream I have
been abused since I was nine years old
raped at nine years old abused at ten
years old
molested for all of those years and now
pregnant as a result of that and her
influence reaches far past the media
world with her support any product or
even political candidate can expect a
surge in support the joy you’re gonna
have reading because for the first time
by forever changing television and
establishing herself as a shrewd
businesswoman
Oprah became one of the wealthiest
african-americans of the 20th century
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Winfrey number three john d rockefeller
vilified as a ruthless predator as evil
incarnate he had created an industrial
empire and a personal fortune oil tycoon
John rockefeller was America’s first
billionaire thanks to his incredibly
successful Standard Oil Company and in
fact adjusted for inflation he’s the
richest person in history so this very
young man controls with is not only a
national but an international monopoly
at one point he controlled some 90% of
all oil in America leading to a
monumental 1911 antitrust case and an
equally monumental Supreme Court
decision hearings investigations and
lawsuits began to challenge the Standard
Oil Empire
John Dee was called to testify in one
forum after another Rockefeller and
Standard Oil were found guilty of
monopolist practices and so the company
was carved into 34 entities some of
which eventually became oil juggernauts
Chevron and Exxon Mobil energy lives
here
this case established the precedent for
antitrust policy in America and was
adopted worldwide but that’s not all
Rockefeller influenced without him the
face of modern philanthropy would also
be significantly different with an ever
growing confidence and an increasing
desire to be of the greatest service to
mankind
number two Steve Jobs he’s created
industries that we didn’t think we
needed the Leonardo of the silicon age
Steve Jobs was Apple’s co-founder
chairman and CEO after being fired and
rehired Jobs rebranded and reinvented
the venn struggling computer company as
an underdog because we found what we
loved to do and we were at the right
place at the right time the result was
one of the greatest company comeback
stories in history Jobs completely
changed
consumers relationship with products and
by doing so he not only impacted how
people engaged with Apple’s sleek and
modern products but with the world as
well Apple views itself as a software
company and there aren’t very many
software companies left Jobs became the
21st century’s marketing luminary it’s
no wonder he was named of one of Time
Magazine’s 20 most influential Americans
of all time stay hungry stay foolish
before we unveil our top pick here are
some honorable mentions I felt that if
we could get enough land that I would be
able to reproduce Las Vegas in Asia when
you meet Alice Walton you have to remind
yourself that she’s the third richest
woman in the world according to Forbes
magazine worth 21 billion dollars
today’s Houston couple John and Laura
Arnold pledged ten million dollars to
headstart let’s show the world America
is open for business and let’s start
right now and even though he’s filthy
rich every time Donald Trump gets his
hair cut he gets a cut the exact same
way by accident
if you want to be a good leader you
better understand what the mission is
and you better go out and make sure that
the people who are behind you accept the
same mission and are willing to do what
it takes to win number one Bill and
Melinda Gates Bill Gates is going to go
down as the best businessman of our
century the world’s richest man
Bill Gates is co-founder of Microsoft
the computer software giant and parler
is on saw optimistic is because I do
think philanthropy is is going to grow
after making his fortune Bill and wife
Melinda devoted themselves to
philanthropy pledging to donate the
majority of their wealth to charity over
time and championing diverse causes and
policies so there’s a lot of
collaboration these include public
education reform ending world poverty
and the support of same-sex marriage I’m
always more focused on what’s the result
we’re gonna get no matter how much money
we put into the issue the Gates
established the largest global
Charitable Foundation the Bill and
Melinda Gates Foundation and they’ve
supported it with some twenty eight
billion dollars in funding hopefully
that’ll influence more people to give at
all levels of wealth indeed this power
couple has created the perfect marriage
of philanthropy and profits and has
taken both to great new heights you’ll
see suffering that’s gonna break your
heart and when it happens don’t turn
away from it that’s the moment that
change is born do you agree with our
list I thought that was your answer
which American billionaires do you think
are the most influential for more
business II top 10s published every day
be sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com he
is well on his way
you
[Music]
it was outrageous it valued the company
at fifteen billion dollars welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top ten
influential American billionaires his
goal isn’t to be the richest guy in the
cemetery right that’s a good thing and
so he’s doing a lot of good with the
money that he made for this list we’re
only including American citizens whose
personal yearly net worth is in the
billion dollars income bracket to be
clear the rich people in question did
not have to be born in the USA to
qualify number 10 George Soros I was
[Music]
obviously in favor of open society and I
set up a foundation to foster the open
societies the man who broke the Bank of
England shorted ten billion dollars
worth of British pounds during Black
Wednesday the 1992 UK currency crisis
the most dramatic view turning
government economic strategy for 25
years was forced on the prime minister
and Chancellor by the overwhelming
pressure of billions upon billions of
pounds being sold in the foreign
exchange markets his profit a cool
billion born in Hungary but now a
naturalized American citizen he’s among
the planet’s 30 richest people one who
helped Eastern Europe shift to
capitalism from communism and more
recently one of President Barack Obama’s
wealthiest supporters that’s a more
supportive of Obama than most Democrats
are which is not necessarily saying a
lot the politically active Soros
contributed 1 million dollars in support
of Obama’s 2012 campaign and later
boosted Hillary Clinton’s presidential
aspirations by signing on as finance
co-chair of the ready for Hillary super
PAC they should not be lobbying for
their private interests their special
interests and it is happening right now
in the United States a staunch
progressive liberal
has contributed eight billion dollars to
human rights and education projects
using his wealth for both politics and
philanthropy people tend to feel that
these problems are so huge leave it to
the governments leave it to others by
George never has that attitude
George always feels he can make a
difference an individual can make a
difference
number nine Rupert Murdoch well what
keeps you area generous what keeps you
at it but I just love it the medium is
the message
and nobody understands this better than
media baron Rupert Murdoch within a year
he’d acquired and shortly after relaunch
the son Murdoch was here to stay and he
was determined to alter the character of
British journalist the Australian born
American Murdoch founded both News Corp
the second largest global media group on
the planet and 21st Century Fox and four
years Murdoch has waged war against
left-wing politics through interests
like The Wall Street Journal and Fox
News from Fox News world headquarters in
New York this he’s America’s election
headquarters a lying with other media
barons including Michael Bloomberg
Murdoch has become prominent in
immigration reform issues using Fox News
firebrand right-wing religious and
fiscal conservatism you have to
understand tolerance sir I know it
doesn’t come naturally to Murdoch’s
changed the media landscape and how
Americans receive and process
information from the media one cent this
is the most humble day of my life
number 8 Charles and David Koch
billionaire businessman David Koch and
his brother Charles are the good guys
fighting against too much government and
for individual freedom the Brothers
Grimm Charles and David Koch are
co-owners of the second largest
privately held company in America Koch
Industries board chair and CEO Charles
and executive VP David control a company
that deals in resource products from oil
and chemicals to pulp and paper and
ranching here
we build on each other’s ideas to create
more opportunities for people everywhere
together we are code together they
support America’s most influential
free-market right-wing libertarian
forces the cokes and their partners
spent at least 40 million dollars in the
2010 US elections helping to shift the
balance of power in the House of
Representatives towards right-wing tea
party Republicans the duo has poured
billions into unseating Democrat
senators and waging war on Obamacare
Time magazine named the cokes among the
world’s most influential people while
the Brookings Institute has indexed the
brothers as the most politically
powerful American billionaires what do
you want your true stone to say haha
well I’d like it to say that David Koch
did his best to make the world a better
place and that he hopes his wealth will
help people long after he has passed
away number 7
Mark Zuckerberg Facebook and its founder
Mark Zuckerberg will be on their way to
mounting one of the largest public
offerings in history Facebook’s
co-founder chairman and chief executive
Mark Zuckerberg created the largest
social media network site with billions
of users worldwide I really think that
Facebook needs to be focused on building
the best experiences for people around
the world
Facebook’s global force facilitated
countless campaign launches and
businesses Facebook likes the photo
sharing app so much it’s paying 1
billion dollars for it indeed Zuckerberg
Lobel phenomenon changed how people
interact with each other and the
Internet in 2010 Time magazine named
Zuckerberg its Person of the Year
he also made x list of the 100 most
influential people of all time not only
an innovator when it comes to the
Internet Zuckerberg joined the likes of
Bill Gates and Warren Buffett for The
Giving Pledge promising to eventually
give more than half of his fortune to
charity the couple gave away 18 million
shares of Facebook stock to the Silicon
Valley Community Foundation a gift
valued at more than nine hundred and
ninety million dollars number six
Michael Bloomberg I’m very many
technology companies that have been
business for 32 years that
at the top of their game not only making
our list but also landing in the top 10
richest people in the US this former
mayor of New York City is also the
multimedia billionaire mogul behind
Bloomberg LP the financial news agency
Thank You jay-z for being such a special
part of the city but more importantly
thank you for letting me tell people
we’re friends and like the city that
never sleeps
Michael Bloomberg works tirelessly both
as a politician and philanthropist to
promote gun control through nonprofits
such as Mayors Against Illegal Guns and
every town for gun safety
furthermore Bloomberg has contributed
millions of dollars to a super PAC
independence USA to influence not only
gun control but also marriage equality
and education issues work hard you’re
gonna need some luck but the harder you
work the luckier you get and if it
doesn’t work out that’s not the end of
the world
number five Warren Buffett I knew I was
going to be interested in stocks the
rest of my life but probably at the time
I was you know eight or nine
he’s the Oracle of Omaha and the most
successful investor of the 20th century
Warren Buffett is chairman CEO and
majority shareholder of Berkshire
Hathaway and many have adopted his
simple approach to investing always
focus on value some attendees consider
it a pilgrimage the Berkshire Hathaway
annual meeting in Omaha Nebraska
ping-pong popsicles and picture taking
with Warren Buffett in 2008 Buffett’s
shrewd skill had earned him the title of
world’s richest person an honor he lost
only after he donated billions to
charity and he announced that he was
pledging the bulk of his fortune not to
his children but to the foundation run
by Bill and Melinda Gates dubbed one of
the world’s most influential people by
Time magazine in 2012 Buffett lately has
been criticized by his wealthy
colleagues for his higher taxes crusade
against the super-rich but he remains a
powerful player thanks to the money and
respect he’s earned I just have a great
time every day I mean I am getting to do
exactly what I want to do in life and it
doesn’t get any better than that
number four Oprah Winfrey I don’t come
to any of this without an
acknowledgement of where I’ve come from
an embodiment of the American dream
Oprah emerged from more than humble
beginnings in rural Mississippi to
become a talented TV host a powerhouse
interviewer and one of the world’s most
recognizable faces
good morning and welcome to a.m. Chicago
seen as the media force that popularized
the talk show and confessional TV MS
Winfrey is also credited with breaking
cultural taboos and bringing
spirituality to the mainstream I have
been abused since I was nine years old
raped at nine years old abused at ten
years old
molested for all of those years and now
pregnant as a result of that and her
influence reaches far past the media
world with her support any product or
even political candidate can expect a
surge in support the joy you’re gonna
have reading because for the first time
by forever changing television and
establishing herself as a shrewd
businesswoman
Oprah became one of the wealthiest
african-americans of the 20th century
[Music]
Winfrey number three john d rockefeller
vilified as a ruthless predator as evil
incarnate he had created an industrial
empire and a personal fortune oil tycoon
John rockefeller was America’s first
billionaire thanks to his incredibly
successful Standard Oil Company and in
fact adjusted for inflation he’s the
richest person in history so this very
young man controls with is not only a
national but an international monopoly
at one point he controlled some 90% of
all oil in America leading to a
monumental 1911 antitrust case and an
equally monumental Supreme Court
decision hearings investigations and
lawsuits began to challenge the Standard
Oil Empire
John Dee was called to testify in one
forum after another Rockefeller and
Standard Oil were found guilty of
monopolist practices and so the company
was carved into 34 entities some of
which eventually became oil juggernauts
Chevron and Exxon Mobil energy lives
here
this case established the precedent for
antitrust policy in America and was
adopted worldwide but that’s not all
Rockefeller influenced without him the
face of modern philanthropy would also
be significantly different with an ever
growing confidence and an increasing
desire to be of the greatest service to
mankind
number two Steve Jobs he’s created
industries that we didn’t think we
needed the Leonardo of the silicon age
Steve Jobs was Apple’s co-founder
chairman and CEO after being fired and
rehired Jobs rebranded and reinvented
the venn struggling computer company as
an underdog because we found what we
loved to do and we were at the right
place at the right time the result was
one of the greatest company comeback
stories in history Jobs completely
changed
consumers relationship with products and
by doing so he not only impacted how
people engaged with Apple’s sleek and
modern products but with the world as
well Apple views itself as a software
company and there aren’t very many
software companies left Jobs became the
21st century’s marketing luminary it’s
no wonder he was named of one of Time
Magazine’s 20 most influential Americans
of all time stay hungry stay foolish
before we unveil our top pick here are
some honorable mentions I felt that if
we could get enough land that I would be
able to reproduce Las Vegas in Asia when
you meet Alice Walton you have to remind
yourself that she’s the third richest
woman in the world according to Forbes
magazine worth 21 billion dollars
today’s Houston couple John and Laura
Arnold pledged ten million dollars to
headstart let’s show the world America
is open for business and let’s start
right now and even though he’s filthy
rich every time Donald Trump gets his
hair cut he gets a cut the exact same
way by accident
if you want to be a good leader you
better understand what the mission is
and you better go out and make sure that
the people who are behind you accept the
same mission and are willing to do what
it takes to win number one Bill and
Melinda Gates Bill Gates is going to go
down as the best businessman of our
century the world’s richest man
Bill Gates is co-founder of Microsoft
the computer software giant and parler
is on saw optimistic is because I do
think philanthropy is is going to grow
after making his fortune Bill and wife
Melinda devoted themselves to
philanthropy pledging to donate the
majority of their wealth to charity over
time and championing diverse causes and
policies so there’s a lot of
collaboration these include public
education reform ending world poverty
and the support of same-sex marriage I’m
always more focused on what’s the result
we’re gonna get no matter how much money
we put into the issue the Gates
established the largest global
Charitable Foundation the Bill and
Melinda Gates Foundation and they’ve
supported it with some twenty eight
billion dollars in funding hopefully
that’ll influence more people to give at
all levels of wealth indeed this power
couple has created the perfect marriage
of philanthropy and profits and has
taken both to great new heights you’ll
see suffering that’s gonna break your
heart and when it happens don’t turn
away from it that’s the moment that
change is born do you agree with our
list I thought that was your answer
which American billionaires do you think
are the most influential for more
business II top 10s published every day
be sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com he
is well on his way
you
[Music]
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