The wealthiest 1 percent of Americans (minimum net worth $6 million) own 62 percent of the nation’s business assets, 51 percent of stocks and 70 percent of bonds.

William Henry Gates III–better known as Bill–who’s currently worth $53 billion. Just behind Gates is investor Warren Buffet, worth $46 billion.

Five Wal-Mart heirs come next, their combined fortune of $82.5 billion built on the backs of their low-paid workforce. After that is Oracle Corp. CEO Larry Ellison, known for flying his $38 million private jet, sailing his $200 million yacht, and living in a replica of a Japanese feudal estate that cost $200 million to build.

Meanwhile, in the US 30 percent of households have a net worth below $10,000, and 17 percent have zero or negative net worth.

24.5 percent of all workers in the U.S. are paid poverty-level wages.