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Who Are The One Percent in America? By Press TV October 17, 2011 "Press TV" -- The following are the largest full-service global investment banks which usually provides both advisory and financing banking services, as well as the sales, market making, and research on a broad array of financial products including equities, credit, rates, currency, commodities, and their derivatives. 1. Bank of America 2. Barclays Capital 3. Citigroup 4. Credit Suisse 5. Deutsche Bank 6. Goldman Sachs 7. JPMorgan Chase 8. Morgan Stanley 9. Nomura Securities 10. UBS 11. Wells Fargo Securities Diversified Financials The following are the top eight diversified financials in the U.S. in terms of revenue in 2010. Fortune 500 1. Fannie Mae .......... $153.82 billion 2. General Electric .......... $151.62 billion 3. Freddie Mac .......... $98.36 billion 4. INTL FCStone ........... $46.94 billion 5. Marsh & McLennan ........... $10.93 billion 6. Ameriprise Financial .......... $10.04 billion 7. Aon .......... $8.51 billion 8. SLM .......... $6.77 billion Commercial Banks The following are the top ten commercial banks in the U.S. in terms of revenue in 2010. Fortune 500 1. Bank of America Corp. .......... $134.19 billion 2. JP Morgan Chase & Co. .......... $115.47 billion 3. Citigroup .......... $111.05 billion 4. Well Fargo .......... $93.24 billion 5. Goldman Sachs Group .......... $45.96 billion 6. Morgan Stanley .......... $39.32 billion 7. American Express .......... $30.24 billion 8. US Bancorp .......... $20.51 billion 9. Capital One Financial .......... $19.06 billion 10. Ally Financial .......... $17.37 billion Petroleum Refining The following are the top ten U.S. petroleum refining firms in terms of revenue in 2010. Fortune 500 1. Exxon Mobil .......... $354.67 billion 2. Chevron .......... $196.33 billion 3. Conoco Philips .......... $184.96 billion 4. Valero Energy .......... $86.03 billion 5. Marathon Oil .......... $68.41billion 6. Sunoco .......... $35.54 billion 7. Hess .......... $34.61 billion 8. Murphy Oil .......... $23.34 billion 9. Tesoro .......... $20.25 billion 10. Holly .......... $8.32 billion Oil & Gas Equipment, Services The following are the top U.S. firms active in oil and gas equipment and services in terms of revenue in 2010. Fortune 500 1. Halliburton .......... $17.97 million 2. Baker Hughes .......... $14.41 million 3. National Oilwell Varco .......... $12.15 million 4. Cameron International .......... $6.13 million Aerospace & Defense The following are the top ten U.S. corporations in aerospace and defense in terms of revenue in 2010. Fortune 500 1. Boeing ........... $64.30 billion 2. United Technologies .......... $54.32 billion 3. Lockheed Martin ........... $46.89 billion 4. Northrop Grumman .......... $34.75 billion 5. Honeywell International ........... $33.37 billion 6. General Dynamics .......... $32.46 billion 7. Raytheon .......... $25.18 billion 8. L-3 Communications .......... $15.68 billion 9. ITT .......... $11.15 billion 10. Textron .......... $10.52 billion Motor Vehicles & Parts The following are the top ten U.S. manufacturing companies of motor vehicles and parts in terms of revenue in 2010. Fortune 500 1. General Motors .......... $135.59 billion 2. Ford Motor .......... $128.95 billion 3. Chrysler Group .......... $41.94 billion 4. Johnson Controls .......... $34.30 billion 5. Goodyear Tire & Rubber .......... $18.83 billion 6. TRW Automotive Holdings .......... $14.38 billion 7. Navistar International .......... $12.14 billion 8. Lear .......... $11.95 billion 9. Paccar .......... $10.29 billion 10. Oshkosh .......... $9.84 billion American Millionaires The number of Americans who are millionaires is about one percent of the population. NPR Of the 435 members of the House, 244 current members of Congress are millionaires - that's about 46 percent and that includes 138 Republicans and 106 Democrats, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a nonpartisan watchdog group that tracks money in politics. In fact, there are probably many more millionaires in Congress, since lawmakers don't have to include the value of their family home and other details. NPR In 2010, the average winner of a House race spent $1.5 million for his/her campaigns. The average Senate winner spent close to $10 million. Closely contested races are much more expensive. And about half of that money, on average, comes from an elite group of very wealthy donors. NPR Wealthy Americans have more access to lawmakers than most regular voters and constituents do, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. NPR The median net worth for a current member of the U.S. House of Representatives was $725,000 in 2009, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, and the media net worth of a U.S. Senator was $2.4 million. Open Secrets The richest member of Congress is Darrel Issa, whose net worth was valued between $156 million and $451 million. Open Secrets Here is a list of the 20 wealthiest current members of Congress and their average net worth, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, based on their financial reports covering calendar year 2009. (The Center plans to unveil its analysis of lawmakers' 2010 financial disclosures later this fall.) Open Secrets 1. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) .......... $303 million 2. Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) .......... $238 million 3. Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) .......... $174 million 4. Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) .......... $160 million 5. Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wis.) .......... $160 million 6. Rep. Vernon Buchanan (R-Fla.) .......... $148 million 7. Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) .......... $137 million 8. Sen. James Risch (R-Idaho) .......... $109 million 9. Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) .......... $98 million 10. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) .......... $94 million 11. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) .......... $77 million 12. Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) .......... $76 million 13. Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) .......... $58 million 14. Rep. Gary Miller (R-Calif.) .......... $51 million 15. Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) .......... $50 million 16. Rep. Diane Lynn Black (R-Tenn.) .......... $49 million 17. Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-N.J.) .......... $43 million 18. Rep. Richard Berg (R-N.D.) .......... $39 million 19. Rep. Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.) .......... $39 million 20. Rep. Kenny Marchant (R-Texas) .......... $38 million Top Donors to Obama in 2008 The following table lists the top donors to Barack Obama in the 2008 election cycle. Open Secrets 1. University of California .......... $1.6 million 2. Goldman Sachs .......... $1 million 3. Harvard University .......... $0.85 million 4. Microsoft Corp. .......... $0.83 million 5. Google Inc. .......... $0.80 million 6. Citigroup Inc. ........... $0.70 million 7. JPMorgan Chase & Co. .......... $0.69 million 8. Time Warner .......... $0.59 million 9. Sidley Austin LLP .......... $0.58 million 10. Stanford University .......... $0.58 million 11. National Amusements Inc. .......... $0.55 million 12. UBS AG .......... $0.54 million 13. Wilmerhale Llp .......... $0.54 million 14. Skadden, Arps et al .......... $0.53 million 15. IBM Corp .......... $0.52 million 16. Columbia University .......... $0.52 million 17. Morgan Stanley .......... $0.51 million 18. General Electric .......... $0.49 million 19. U.S. Government .......... $0.49 million 20.Latham & Watkins .......... $0.49 million Top Donors to Bush in 2004 1. Morgan Stanley .......... $603,480 2. Merrill Lynch .......... $586,254 3. PricewaterhouseCoopers .......... $514,250 4. UBS AG .......... $474,325 5. Goldman Sachs .......... $394,600 6. Lehman Brothers .......... $361,525 7. MBNA Corp .......... $350,350 8. Credit Suisse Group .......... $326,040 9. Citigroup Inc. .......... $320,820 10. Bear Stearns .......... $313,150 11. Ernst & Young .......... $305,140 12. US Government .......... $295,786 13. Deloitte LLP .......... $292,250 14. Wachovia Corp. .......... $279,310 15. US Dept of Defense .......... $279,157 16. Ameriquest Capital .......... $253,130 17. US Dept of State .......... $225,330 18. Blank Rome LLP .......... $225,150 19. Bank of America .......... $218,261 20.AT&T Inc. .......... $214,920 American Billionaires The following is a list of top 20 American billionaires issued by the Forbes 400 in 2011. Forbes 1. Bill Gates from Microsoft .......... $59 billion 2. Warren Buffet from Berkshire Hathaway .......... $39 billion 3. Larry Ellison from Oracle .......... $33 billion 4. Charles Koch from diversified .......... $25 billion 5. David Koch from diversified .......... $25 billion 6. Christy Walton from Wal-Mart .......... $24.5 billion 7. George Soros from hedge funds .......... $22 billion 8. Sheldon Adelson from casinos .......... $21.5 billion 9. Jim Walton from Wal-Mart .......... $21.1 billion 10. Alice Walton from Wal-Mart .......... $20.9 billion 11. S. Robson Walton from Wal-Mart .......... $20.5 billion 12. Michael Bloomberg from Bloomberg LP .......... $19.5 billion 13. Jeff Bezos from Amazon.com .......... $19.1 billion 14. Mark Zuckergerg from Facebook ........... $17.5 billion 15. Surgey Brin from Google .......... $16.7 billion 16. Larry Page from Google .......... $16.7 billion 17. John Paulson from hedge funds ........... $15.5 billion 18. Michael Dell from Dell .......... $15 billion 19. Steve Ballmer from Microsoft .......... $13.9 billion 20.Forrest Mars from candy .......... $13.8 billion > > Who Are The One Percent in America? 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