Definitely an American

Bill gates is in fact in the top 10

Here’s my list. What’s yours?
1. Mansa Musa I - $400 billion
2. Rothschild Family - $350 billion
3. John D Rockefeller - $340 billion
4. Andrew Carnegie - $310 billion
5. Tsar Nicholas II - $300 billion
6. Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII -$236 billion
7. William the Conqueror - $229.5 billion
8. Muammar Gaddafi - $200 billion
9. Henry Ford - $199 billion
10. Cornelius Vanderbilt - $185 billion
11. Alan Rufus - $178.65 billion
12. Bill Gates - $136 billion
#2 isn’t exactly a person but even taking them out he’s #11 and it doesn’t have Bezos on it yet.

http://time.com/money/3977798/the-10-richest-people-of-all-time-2/