Forbes magazine reported Wednesday that while Gates temporarily had lost the No. 1 position on the list to businessman Warren Buffett, the computer mogul has regained the highest point on The Forbes 400 with a net worth of $57 billion.

The financial list is based on individuals' personal net worth as of Aug. 29, and findings indicated the average net worth of the named 400 individual is $3.9 billion.

The 27th edition of the financial list from the magazine also found that assembled net worth of the 400 richest people in the nation totaled $1.57 trillion. That total represented a 2 percent increase of $30 billion from the 26th edition's totals.

Forbes said among the notable names on the list are TV talk show host Oprah Winfrey, with a net worth of $2.7 billion, and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, with a net worth of $1.5 billion.

The magazine said 31 new names were on the financial list thanks, in part, to rising oil and art prices worldwide.