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OCTOBER 31, 2019 Volume 202 | Number 8

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BEGINNINGS

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All great stories—and great fortunes—
start someplace. And in our 38th annual
ranking of America’s richest people, we
focus on how The Forbes 400 got going.
Spielberg had Jaws; Murdoch the Daily
Mirror; Dell his dorm room PCs. There is
no single path to the top.

Clockwise from top left: Bill Gates, Steven Spielberg, Ralph Lauren, Rupert Murdoch, Michael Dell, Oprah Winfrey.

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