Local El Pasoan On Forbes List Of 400 Richest Americans

EL PASO, TX. – Forbes has just released their new list of the wealthiest people in the nation and there’s one local figure who made the cut.

And no, it’s not Bob Harp. The top is no shocker, Microsoft founder Bill Gates is number one, with an estimated fortune of $59 billion dollars. Warren Buffett is next with $52 billion. Cracking the top five for the first time — Google’s co-founders — Sergey Brin and Larry Page. Both said to be worth more than $18 billion.

Andwho wasthe local billionaire who made the list? Paul Foster, the President andCEO of Western Refining. He came in 261st place, alongside Yahoo mogul Jerry Yang and a few others, foster reportly worth about $1.9 billion dollars and if you want to check out the entire Forbes list in its entirety, just click on the link in this story or in our links section.