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King richer online retailers. Thanks to the Kindle, who scored record sales in November, and the increasing number of visitors to Amazon.com, Jeff Bezos as the founder and CEO of Amazon.com was scored many gains in the year 2009. Rising stocks make gains Bezos Amazon.com rose 7.3 billion dollars in the last 12 months. This stock rose 175 percent since January last year. This makes Jeff Bezos was in sixth American billionaire list moneymaker Forbes in 2009.

Larry Page, Google co-founder of years ago was in the top position with the acquisition of 11.9 billion U.S. dollars in 2008, now in fifth place with 8.4 billion acquisition of U.S. dollar between mid-January 2009 and December 2009. Behind the Page is a lifelong partner, Sergey Brin, with the acquisition of 8.2 billion U.S. dollars. In this ranking, see Forbes billionaire who owns stakes in public companies and take into account the benefits in dollar securities. Forbes parties did not include shares bought and sold in that period.

This is a good year for technology stocks internet. The Nasdaq index rose 40 percent in 2009, beating the S & P 500 valued at 19 percent. Six winners of the largest stocks on the list of people who have shares in the company’s software or Internet company. On the back of Page and Brin are Larry Ellison (Oracle), Bill Gates (Microsoft), and Bezos and Steve Ballmer (Microsoft). When combined, the six men who engaged in this technology to print 44 billion U.S. dollars during the last 12 months.

Ralph Lauren, which acquired 1.3 billion U.S. dollars in 2009, the only billionaire in the field of qualified fashion. However, other retailers sprint. Richard Hayne’s Urban Outfitters acquire 120 per cent, while Leslie Wexner’s Limited Brands rose 90 percent (not a billionaire, but included in the list of qualifications).

Five big winners in the American stock risked their fortunes in the financial sector. Among these co-founder of Blackstone’s Stephen Schwarzman (1.5 billion U.S. dollars) and hedge fund billionaire Daniel och (more than 1.3 billion U.S. dollars).

If the year 2008 is the end of the golden age of private ekuisitas, the year 2009 indicates that investors are entrusting their money to managers who survive in the worst financial crisis this.

Blackstones stock climbed 110 percent this year. It’s still hard to celebrate since the investment shares are still down huge 60 percent since going public in 2007. Who also returned triumphant is Sheldon Adelson. Las Vegas Sands shares his rose 1,000 percent since last March. These results still need a stronger incentive for the casino conglomerate. Adelson’s stock fell to 24 billion U.S. dollars in 2008, and caused it to be the biggest losers last year.