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  • Bill Gates Drops to Third Place

    Posted on March 5th, 2008 webmaster No comments

    After 13 years straight of being the richest person in the world, Bill Gates drops to third place, behind Warren Buffett and Carlos Slim HelĂș.

    Here’s Forbes‘ list of the 10 richest people in the world:

    1. Warren Buffett - U.S. - $62 billion
    2. Carlos Slim HelĂș - Mexico - $60 billion
    3. Bill Gates - U.S. - $58 billion
    4. Lakshmi Mittal - India - $45 billion
    5. Mukesh Ambani - India - $43 billion
    6. Anil Ambani - India - $42 billion
    7. Ingvar Kamprad - Sweden - $31 billion
    8. K.P. Singh - India - $30 billion
    9. Oleg Deripaska - Russia - $28 billion
    10. Karl Albrecht - Germany - $27 billion

    Full article here.