Michael Bloomberg, $18.1 billion, Bloomberg LP
The former trader at Salomon Brothers is currently the Mayor of New York, making him America’s richest politician. Made his fortune through Bloomberg LP, which provides financial data and news. Reuters

STATEMENT OF MAYOR MICHAEL R. BLOOMBERG ON THE KILLING OF OSAMA BIN LADEN

After September 11, 2001, we gave our word as Americans that we would stop at nothing to capture or kill Osama bin Laden. After the contribution of millions, including so many who made the ultimate sacrifice for our nation, we have kept that word.

The killing of Osama bin Laden does not lessen the suffering that New Yorkers and Americans experienced at his hands, but it is a critically important victory for our nation - and a tribute to the millions of men and women in our armed forces and elsewhere who have fought so hard for our nation.

New Yorkers have waited nearly ten years for this news. It is my hope that it will bring some closure and comfort to all those who lost loved ones on September 11, 2001.

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