Asian Americans are Americans of Asian descent. According to many experts, they are the highest-income, best-educated and fastest-growing racial group in America. Here is a brief overview of the top 12 richest Asian Americans.

12) Vinod Khosla (Net Worth: $1.5 billion)

This Indian born American billionaire made his wealth as one of the founders of Sun Microsystems. Sun Microsystems created the Java programming language and Network File System after he quit.

11) Kavitark Ram Shriram (Net Worth: $1.9 billion)

Shriram was born in India. He is one of the directors of Google Inc. He serves on the boards of many profitable companies. He also owns Sherpalo Ventures, which he founded in 2000.