Forbes has compiled a list of latest ranking for the World’s Billionaires earlier this month and this 25th year of tracking global wealth breaks two records: 1,210 listees in total and achieve a combined wealth of US$4.5 trillion. Mexico’s Carlos Slim Helu stays still on top of the list this year by added US$20.5 billion to his fortune, more than any other billionaire. The telecom mogul, who gets 62% of his fortune from America Movil, is now worth US$74 billion and has pulled far ahead of his two closest rivals: Bill Gates at second place and Warren Buffett at third, both added a more modest US$3 billion to their piles and are now worth us$56 billion and us$50 billion respectively.
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Last week Forbes had released their latest edition of Malaysia’s 40 Richest. Robert Kuok and Ananda Krishnan stay still at top two spots with the net worth of US$12.5 billion and US$9.5 billion respectively. Overall Malaysia’s economy grew 7.2% last year, which recorded as the highest rate since 2000. The fortunes of the country’s 40 richest have kept rising too, which worth a collective US$62.1 billion, US$11.1 billion more than previous year.
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The Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg is leading the Forbes world’s top-10 youngest billionaires with his net worth of US$4 billion. The 25 years-old first launched the social networking site from his Harvard bedroom back in year 2004. Among the top-10, two billionaires are from China. They are third place Yang HuiYan and ninth place Lee ZiaoHui.
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Forbes had published the annual list of World’s Billionaires for the year of 2010 on 10th MAR. Mexican tycoon, Carlos Slim Helu has beaten out Americans Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to become the wealthiest person on earth and become the first non-American to nab the top spot in the 16 years of history for the Forbes list of the World’s Billionaires.
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Michael Bloomberg, mayor of New York City, tops Forbes list of “World’s Most Powerful Billionaires”. Meanwhile media and banking titan Silvio Berlusconi, also prime minister of Italy, ranks second on the list. Billionaire industrial heir, Saad Hariri, who was appointed prime minister of Lebanon last JUN ranks fifth. Rounding out the top five are Mexican telecom titan Carlos Slim and Russian oil magnate Vagit Alekperov. Hong Kong and East Asia wealthiest man, Li Ka-Shing ranks eight in the list.
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