Bill Gates has slipped down to the second spot as the world’s richest man. Carlos Slim Helu of Latin America’s largest mobile company, America Movil has overtaken Microsoft co-founder, Bill Gates by $8.6 billion.
Carlos Slim Helu’s worth is estimated to be $67.8 billion, whereas Gates’s wealth is estimated to be around $59.2 billion. Soaring stock prices of America Movil has made Mr. Slim climb onto the top spot.
If you compare philanthropy, Mr. Bill Gates has a huge lead over Carlos Slim. According to Wikipedia, Bill Gates has donated $29 billion to charities since 2000. Mr. Slim has committed to donate $4 – $10 billion over the next four years, which is certainly a non-comparable number. Here’s the top 10 list of industries wealthiest people:
- Carlos Slim Helú ? ($67.8 billion) Telmex, América Móvil.
- William H.Gates III ? ($59.2 billion) Microsoft
- Lawrence Ellison ? ($21.5 billion) Oracle
- Paul Allen ? ($18.0 billion) Microsoft
- Larry Page ? ($16.6 billion) Google
- Sergey Brin ? ($16.6 billion) Google
- Michael Dell ? ($15.8 billion) Dell
- Stevan Ballmer ? ($15.0 billion) Microsoft
- Naguip Sawiris ? ($10.0 billion) Orascom Telecom Holding
- Sunil Mittal ? ($9.5 billion) Bharati Telecom.
The list of billionaires is really long. According to Forbes there are 946 billionaires around the world, with a combined wealth of 3.5 trillion. Wow?. That’s huge!
[via: CyberNet]
Discussion
Comments for “Bill Gates Slips to #2 on the World’s Richest”