Carlos Slim world's richest man
Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim has emerged as the richest man in the world with USD 53.5 billion in assets.
Bill Gates at second sopt with a net worth of USD 53 billion and Warren Buffet at the third spot with assets worth USD 47 billion.
NRI billionaire Lakshmi Mittal with a net worth of USD 28.7 billion ranks fifth while Mukesh's younger brother Anil Ambani is at the 36th spot with USD 13.7 billion.
There are 1,011 billionaires in the world now, up from 793 a year ago.
Following is the Forbes list of 25 richest persons in the world.
Rank Name Net Worth (in $ bln)
1 Carlos Slim Helu & family (Mexico) 53.5
2 Bill Gates (US) 53
3 Warren Buffett (US) 47
4 Mukesh Ambani (India) 29
5 Lakshmi Mittal (India) 28.7
6 Lawrence Ellison (US) 28
7 Bernard Arnault(France) 27.5
8 Eike Batista (Brazil) 27
9 Amancio Ortega (Spain) 25
10 Karl Albrecht (Germany) 23.5
11 Ingvarkamprad & family (Sweden) 23
12 Christy Walton & family (US) 22.5
13 Stefan Persson (Sweden) 22.4
14 Li Ka-shing (Hong Kong) 21
15 Jim Walton (US) 20.7
16 Alice Walton (US) 20.6
17 Liliane Bettencourt (France) 20
18 S Robson Walton (US) 19.8
19 Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal (Saudi Arabia) 19.4
20 David Thomson& Family (Canada) 19
21 Michael Otto & family (Germany) 18.7
22 Lee Shau Kee (Hong Kong) 18.5
23 Michael Bloomberg (US) 18
24 Sergey Brin (US) 17.5
25 Charles Koch (US) 17.5
1 comments:
Carlos Slim is definitely old school. He's of the tried and true "guerrilla billionaire" strategy: buy lots of businesses and either keep them for the cash flow or fix 'em up and sell them. The goal is to make money off a lot of deals instead of a killing on just one.
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