In its March 15, 2004 special issue, Forbes lists over 500 billionaires in the world. William H. Gates III of Microsoft is on the top worth $46.6 billion. Four Chinese Americans are among the richest. Jerry Yang, 35, of Yahoo ranked 293 has $1.9 billion. Patrick Soon-Shiong, 52, of American Pharmaceutical Partners, ranked 406 has $1.4 billion. Victor Fung, 59, of Li & Fung based in Hong Kong, ranked 437, has 1.3 billion. Min H, Kao, 46, of Garmin Ltd., ranked 437, has 1.3. billion.