How oil fortunes are dwindling
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Low oil prices may have given you a financial pick-me-up at the gas pump, but America’s richest oil barons have watched their fortunes slide.
Using data from Forbes and Wealth-X, we checked in on the approximate net worth of the 6 wealthiest U.S. oil tycoons, comparing the numbers from mid-February 2016 to what they were worth in January 2015.
All have seen their personal fortunes decline, some by half or more. See who has lost the most.
Charles Koch
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Approximate net worth: $39.9 billion in 2016
Net worth change from 2015: -$4.9 billion (-10.9%)
David Koch
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Approximate net worth: $39.9 billion in 2016
Net worth change from 2015: -$5 billion (-11.1%)
George Kaiser
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Approximate net worth: $7.1 billion in 2016
Net worth change from 2015: -$6.1 billion (-46.2%)
Richard Kinder
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Approximate net worth: 5.4 billion in 2016
Net worth change from 2015: -$5.9 billion (-52.2%)
Ray Hunt
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Approximate net worth: $5.3 billion in 2016
Net worth change from 2015: -$300,000 (-5.3%)
Harold Hamm
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Approximate net worth: $4.8 billion in 2016
Net worth change from 2015: -$4.5 billion (-48.4%)
