Bill Gates Loses His ''World's Richest Man'' Title

[Darth Sushi]

http://media.bestofmicro.com/carlos-slim,Y-L-241005-1.jpgBill Gates Loses His ''World's Richest Man'' Title
March 11, 2010 by Jane McEntegart

" Bill Gates has once again been bumped out of the top spot on Forbes' rich list.

Forbes has released its list of the richest people on Earth and tycoon Carlos Slim has nabbed the top spot meaning Bill Gates is no longer the richest man in the world. According to Forbes, Bill has been the world's richest man for 14 of the last 15 years previous. The title was awarded to Warren Buffet in 2008, but Bill came back to take the top spot in 2009.

So who's the new guy? Carlos Slim is a 70-year-old Mexican telecoms mogul who placed third on last year's list. Slim boasts a net worth of $53.5 billion and owns a $23 billion stake in America Movil. Shares for AM were up 35 percent in a year and in the last 12 months alone, Slim's fortune has risen by $18.5 billion.

Bill Gates is currently worth $53 billion, up $13 billion in the last 12 months, and Warren Buffet's fortune jumped $10 billion to $47 billion. "

:source: Source: http://www.tomshardware.com/news/bill-gates-richest-carlos-slim,9856.html

[Skiz]

Poor Bill. :no:

[huuramis]

This guy makes 20 million a day.

[Darth Sushi]

To the north, we lose to the Canadians in hockey, and now in the south, we lose to the Mexicans in wealth. Say it isn't so! :sadwalk:

[brilman]

I'm thinking about starting a fund for the poor guy "save bill gates" :partytime

[PurpleIce]

He only lost the top spot due to his philanthropy.

[IdolEyes787]

He only lost the top spot due to his philanthropy.


:glag::glag:

Btw I have a lot of respect for Carlos Slim , he obviously works hard for his money.

:glag::glag:

[Skiz]

This guy makes 20 million a day.

Actually, he made $50.7 million per day last year.

If you wanted to pay him on a schedule like the rest of the world and have him earning a paycheck only M-F, he'd be making $60.53 million/day. :wacko:

[QPD]

Oscar is probably the real owner of ******.***

[zepesca]

i cant sleep because of this... chni chnif

[sagem]

poor Billy, but it's only a difference of 500 million $ so billy can take his place back :naughty:

[cs101]

Bill gates once said, "I will chose a lazy person to do a difficult job because, definitely he will find an easy way to do that "

but according to this article he is really pissed off.

[phauk]

Yeah, I seen that on the news - overtaken by a mexican :O

Who would have thought... If it was Warren Buffett again, I wouldn't be suprised.

Anyone got any free barrels of oil they wanna donate to me? :P

[killour]

that`s the reason why Microsoft brakes all the cracks lately for w7? :P Bill tries to get his 1st place back !