According to Forbes, two new records have been made this year 2011:
1) Total number of Billionaires (1210) and
2) combined wealth of them ($4.5 trillion).
The new comers to the list are mainly from Brazil, Russia, India and China. The most surprising is that Bill Gates now moved to the 2nd position and the person who has beaten him is Carlos Slim from Mexico.
Here is the list of top 10 Billionaires in the world:
No. 1 Carlos Slim Helú & family
Net Worth: $74 billion
Source: Telecom
Citizenship: Mexico
No. 2 Bill Gates
Net Worth: $56 billion
Source: Microsoft
Citizenship: U.S.
No. 3 Warren Buffett
Net Worth: $50 billion
Source: Berkshire Hathaway
Citizenship: U.S.
No. 4 Bernard Arnault
Net Worth: $41 billion
Source: LVMH
Citizenship: France
No. 5 Larry Ellison
Net Worth: $39.5 billion
Source: Oracle
Citizenship: U.S.
No. 6 Lakshmi Mittal
Net Worth: $31.1 billion
Source: Steel
Citizenship: India
No. 7 Amancio Ortega
Net Worth: $31 billion
Source: Zara
Citizenship: Spain
No. 8 Eike Batista
Net Worth: $30 billion
Source: Mining, oil
Citizenship: Brazil
No. 9 Mukesh Ambani
Net Worth: $27 billion
Source: Petrochemicals
Citizenship: India
No. 10 Christy Walton & family
Net Worth: $26.5 billion
Source: Wal-Mart
Citizenship: U.S.
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