By Thilak July 5, 2007

Bill Gates Slips to #2 on the World’s Richest

slim 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:

  1. Carlos Slim Helú ? ($67.8 billion) Telmex, América Móvil.
  2. William H.Gates III ? ($59.2 billion) Microsoft
  3. Lawrence Ellison ? ($21.5 billion) Oracle
  4. Paul Allen ? ($18.0 billion) Microsoft
  5. Larry Page ? ($16.6 billion) Google
  6. Sergey Brin ? ($16.6 billion) Google
  7. Michael Dell ? ($15.8 billion) Dell
  8. Stevan Ballmer ? ($15.0 billion) Microsoft
  9. Naguip Sawiris ? ($10.0 billion) Orascom Telecom Holding
  10. 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]

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Discussion

Comments for “Bill Gates Slips to #2 on the World’s Richest”

  • Where is the name of L.N. Mittal, he was 3rd Richest person in world, also Warren Buffet name is missing.
  • He has risen to no 1 position because the shares which he holds rose in prices...if the shares go down he will also get down to no 2
  • Great Post!!
    I think Bill Gates will retain its spot within 1 or 2 years!Because of their Windows Vista and upcoming IE8.
  • ohh man who would have ever thought the day would have come.. i wonder if he even cares?.. he always said he'd rather be number 2!
  • A lot of dudes from Microsoft. Thats really interesting. What do you think maybe the reason ?
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