Bill Gates no longer richest person in the world

[Larwee]

Bill Gates had been the richest person in the world for the last 13 years in a row. That no longer is the case according to the new listing of billionaires in the world by Forbes.

1. Warren Buffett - 62 billion dollars
2. Carlos Slim Helu - 60 billion dollars
3. Bill Gates - 58 billion dollars

Bill Gates has dropped to number 3 in the world and number 2 in the United States. He could have remained number 1 if Microsoft hadn't made the offer to buy Yahoo. Microsoft stock prices have gone down since then but half of his fortune is outside of Microsoft stock.

There are 1,125 billionaires on the list. At 23, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is the youngest. He ranks number 785 in the world at one and a half billion dollars.

Here is a link to the list of The World's Billionaires: The World's Billionaires - Forbes.com

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[alley]

Where does Laxmi Mittal goes?, I have heard he is also world's TOP richest..

 

[Larwee]

Alley, I included a link to the billionaires in my post than ranks them by wealth. Lakshmi Mittal is shown as number 4 on the list with 45 billion dollars.

 

[longroad]

What about the Saudi oil princes, thought they were near the top too.

I like how Bill is donating most of his money to charity, as do alot of the richest people.

 

[Larwee]

Longroad, there are only 2 out of the top 100 from Saudi Arabia. They are :

#19 Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud with 21 billion dollars
#97 Mohammed Al Amoudi with 9 billion dollars