World’s Top 20 Richest People: Forbes list

Forbes World’s Richest People list has been announced today. It was utter astounding to find Bill Gates, the uncrowned king of Microsoft emperor in the second place of Forbes World’s Richest People list. The new richest person is Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim.

Bill Gates has been second to none since 1995 in Forbes Richest People list. Gates, now worth $53 billion, is now ranked second in the world. Carlos Slim, the wealthiest person has an estimated $53.5 billion, thanks to his giant mobile outfit America Movil.

Forbes has revealed top 20 list of richest people in the world. The list include:

1. Carlos Slim (Mexico) - $53.5 billion, telecommunications

2. Bill Gates (USA) - $53 billion, Microsoft

3. Warren Buffett (USA) - $47 billion, Berkshire Hathaway

4. Mukesh Ambani (India) - $29 billion, petrochemicals, oil and gas

5. Lakshmi Mittal (India) - $28.7 billion, steel

6. Larry Ellison (USA) - $28 billion, Oracle

7. Bernard Arnault (France) - $27.5 billion, LVMH

8. Eike Batista (Brazil) - $27 billion, mining, oil

9. Amancio Ortega (Spain) - $25 billion, retail

10. Karl Albrecht (Germany) - $23.5 billion, supermarkets

11. Ingvar Kamprad & family (Sweden) - $23 billion, Ikea

12. Christy Walton & family (USA) - $22.5 billion, Walmart

13. Stefan Persson (Sweden) - $22.4 billion, Hennes & Mauritz

14. Li Ka-shing (Hong Kong) - $21 billion, diversified

15. Jim Walton (USA) - $20.7 billion, Walmart

16. Alice Walton (USA) - $20.6 billion, Walmart

17. Liliane Bettencourt (France) - $20 billion, L’Oreal

18. S. Robson Walton (USA) - $19.8 billion, Walmart

19. Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud (Saudi Arabia) - $19.4 billion, investments

20. David Thomson & family (Canada) - $19 billion, news and information company Thomson Reuters