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Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Forbes Announces World’s Richest Person, Buffet Rises While Gates Falls

Filed under: Business,Money — Tristan Panasik @ 23:59

Forbes has released an updated list of the world’s richest people, and after 13 years we have a new leader.  Warren Buffet is now the world’s richest man, having increased his fortune by $10 billion to a estimated total of $62 billion. 

Bill Gates had been the world’s richest man for the previous 13 years.  Gates, who is worth $58 billion dollars, has dropped to #3 on this year’s list.

The top 20 include:

1. Warren Buffett
2. Helú Slim & Family
3. William Gates III
4. Lakshmi Mittal
5. Mukesh Ambani
6. Anil Ambani
7. Ingvar Kamprad & Family
8. KP Singh
9. Oleg Deripaska
10. Karl Albrecht
11. Li Ka-shing
12. Sheldon Adelson
13. Bernard Arnault
14. Lawrence Ellison
15. Roman Abramovich
16. Theo Albrecht
17. Liliane Bettencourt
18. Alexei Mordashov
19. Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud
20. Mikhail Fridman

4 Comments »

  1. I think the article meant billion, not millions :-)
    How are you doing? Sorry have been out of touch, just been busy like crazy but I think the worst has passed. Getting ready for spring?

    Nice blog btw!

    Comment by Ayash — Thursday, March 6, 2008 @ 14:25

  2. Oops! Thanks for catching such a silly mistake on my part! You’re right, we’re talking about billions (and not millions) of dollars!

    Comment by Tristan Panasik — Thursday, March 6, 2008 @ 14:36

  3. missed one correction my love…”estimated total of $62 million.”

    Comment by Craig — Thursday, March 6, 2008 @ 22:13

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