Gates Tops Forbes 400 List

Radio and music-related on FORBES MAGAZINE's list of the 400 richest Americans (all billionaires this year) include:

MICROSOFT's BILL GATES (1st), ROSE CITY RADIO/VULCAN VENTURES' PAUL ALLEN (5th), COX RADIO/COX ENTERPRISES' BARBARA COX ANTHONY and ANNE COX CHAMBERS (tied at 17), NEWS CORP./FOX/MYSPACE's RUPERT MURDOCH (32nd), VIACOM/CBS CORP.'s SUMNER REDSTONE (35th), NEW YORK Mayor and BLOOMBERG L.P. owner MICHAEL BLOOMBERG (44th), DAVID GEFFEN (50th).

Other heavyweghts listed, are: UNIVISION's JERRY PERENCHIO (85th), prospective UNIVISION owner HAIM SABAN (98th), HEARST CORP.'s WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST III (163rd) and four other HEARST family members (tied at 160th), OPRAH WINFREY (242nd), HUBBARD BROADCASTING's STANLEY HUBBARD (278th), DISNEY's ROY E. DISNEY (322nd), and BET's ROBERT L. JOHNSON (374th).

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