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The 13 Richest Americans Of All Time Dollar amounts are adjusted for inflation. A Tie Dye Production

#13 Warren Buffet Peak fortune: $63.9 billion Born: 1930 Peak fortune: $63.9 billion The Oracle of Omaha joined Berkshire Hathaway as chairman in 1970 and hasn't looked back. He has pledged to give away 99 % of his money.

#12 Sam Walton Peak fortune: $64.5 billion Born: 1918 Peak fortune: $64.5 billion Founded Walmart in 1962 and lived a famously humble life. As Walmart keeps growing, Walton's four children have individual fortunes around $20 billion each.

#11 Marshall Field Peak fortune: $66.1 billion 1834-1906 Peak fortune: $66.1 billion He started the retail store chain “Marshall Field and Co.” in Chicago during the Civil War.

#10 Stephen Van Rensselaer Peak fortune: $68.5 billion 1764-1839 Peak fortune: $68.5 billion A member of the New York State Assembly, Rensselaer was also heir to one of the most well-endowed estates in the US. He founded the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a portion of his wealth.

#9 Jay Gould Peak fortune: $71.2 billion 1836-1892 Peak fortune: $71.2 billion Gould masterminded the 19th century transportation boom in America. He and financier James Fisk also bought up enough shares of the gold market that they were able to dominate it.

#8 Frederick Weyerhaeuser 1834-1914 Peak fortune: $79.4 billion He founded Weyerhaeuser Company, one of the biggest timber companies in the United States, after he arrived to America from Germany in the 19th century.

#6 Stephen Girard Peak fortune: $105 billion 1750-1831 Peak fortune: $105 billion Successful in the shipping trade, he went into the banking business later in his life, owning a bank that was called "Girard's Bank".

#5 John Jacob Astor 1763-1848 Peak fortune: $121 billion A successful fur trader, he established a near monopoly within the U.S. by around 1800. He went on to investing in real estate in New York City.

#4 Bill Gates Peak fortune: $136 billion Born: 1955 Peak fortune: $136 billion Founded Microsoft with Paul Allen in 1975. He held onto shares as Microsoft dominated the age of computers, peaking in personal wealth at the top of the Dot Com Bubble.

#3 Cornelius Vanderbilt 1794-1877 Fortune: $185 billion In 1862, he began to buy railroad lines which led to his fortune. Prior to that, he was known as a cold-blooded steam-boat entrepreneur.

#2 Andrew Carnegie Fortune: $309 billion 1835-1919 Fortune: $309 billion Carnegie invested in the steel business when the market was booming, eventually ending up at the head of the U.S. Steel empire.

#1 John D. Rockefeller Fortune: $336 billion 1839-1937 Fortune: $336 billion He founded Standard Oil in 1870, at the age of 31, and bought up most of the oil refineries in the United States, eventually controlling about 90% of the American oil business.