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Posted: Sep 19, 2008 at 0108 hrs IST

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The net worth of two of the richest Americans has slid this year even though there is a shuffling in their ranks. Bill Gates has regained the first position from Warren Buffet in the latest list of the 400 richest Americans compiled by business magazine Forbes.

1. Bill Gates Software czar Net worth: $57 billion In 2007: $59 billion Change: -$2 billion

2. Warren Buffet Maverick investor Net worth: $50 billion In 2007: $62 billion Change: -$12 billion

3. Larry Ellison $27 billion

4. Jim Walton $23.4 billion

5. S Robson Waltton $23.3 billion

6. Alice Walton $23.2 billion

7. Cristy Walton and family $23.2 billion

8. Michael Bloomberg $20 billion

9. Charles Koch $19 billion

10. David Koch $19 billion

Richest Indians:

281st K R ShriramTechnology entrepreneur $1.7 bn

321st Amar bose Acoustics pioneer $1.5 bn

321st Bharat desai Technology entrepreneur $1.5 bn

Vinod khosla Venture capitalist $1.4 bn

Slipping down

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Bose and Shriram were ranked 271st last year with net worth of $1.8 bn each. Desai and Khosla have slipped from 286th and 317th ranks with net worth of $1.7 bn and $1.5 bn respectively

$1.3 billion The minimum net worth of America's 400 wealthiest, the same for second year in a row

$1.57 trillion Their cumulative net worth, up by $30 billion

In and out

The newcomers include Mark Zuckerberg, the 24-year-old founder of social networking site Facebook, with a net worth of $1.5 billion. Those moving out of the list include former AIG chief Maurice Greenberg and former eBay CEO Meg Whitman.

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