World's richest person Forbes 2010

Carlos Slim is the Richest man on earth!

Posted by Karan Israni On March 11, 2010 2 COMMENTS

Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim Helu has topped the Forbes magazine list of the world's richest billionaires.

The list, released on Wednesday, valued Slim's fortune at USD 53.5 billion, USD 500 million ahead of long-time list topper Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft. Legendary investor Warren Buffet was third with USD 47 billion.

The 24th Forbes list included people from 55 countries, with first entries from Finland and Pakistan.

Two Indians made it to the top 10 - oil magnate Mukesh Ambani in fourth with USD 29 billion and steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal in fifth with USD 28.7 billion.

Overall, the 10 richest people had USD 342 billion or $88 billion more than last year.

Following is the Forbes list of 25 richest persons in the world

Rank	Name	Net Worth (in USD bn)
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

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