David Koch $34 B 72 diversified United State
Tied with older brother Charles as the world's sixth-richest person, David runs the chemical equipment side of Koch Industries from his home in New York. His wealth climbed $9 billion last year, mostly on surging refining and chemical profits as the price of natural gas, an important feedstock, fell. More active than Charles in politics, he bet a lot on ejecting Barack Obama from the White House and lost -- "bitterly disappointing," he told Forbes in an interview after the election -- but he isn't giving up on his project to drive down government spending and increase economic freedom. "We're not going to roll over and play dead," he told Forbes. He has given away more than $1 billion over his lifetime, including $395 million for medical research since 1998.
Tied with older brother Charles as the world's sixth-richest person, David runs the chemical equipment side of Koch Industries from his home in New York. His wealth climbed $9 billion last year, mostly on surging refining and chemical profits as the price of natural gas, an important feedstock, fell. More active than Charles in politics, he bet a lot on ejecting Barack Obama from the White House and lost -- "bitterly disappointing," he told Forbes in an interview after the election -- but he isn't giving up on his project to drive down government spending and increase economic freedom. "We're not going to roll over and play dead," he told Forbes. He has given away more than $1 billion over his lifetime, including $395 million for medical research since 1998.
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