N6. Ben Carson Net Worth: $10 million
Ben Carson, the American politician announced he was running for the Republican nomination in the 2016 Presidential election.
Born in Detroit, Ben is a retired Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon and it was the first surgeon to successfully separate conjoined twins.
In 2008, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush.
Before he retired from Johns Hopkins, Carson performed surgery on some 300 children a year. But he also has written four best-selling books.
His political views include: comparing the Affordable Care Act to slavery, homosexuals to pedophiles, and denying evolution. Sometimes even smart men can be imbeciles.