Forbes Rich List 2010: Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates no longer world’s richest man
Forbes Magazine’s Rich List is an annual celebration of the super-wealthy. Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates is always at or very near the top, and this year’s list sees him only making second place behind Carlos Slim. Other tech personalities also place highly in the list.
Bill Gates is worth an estimated $53 billion. Which is a lot of money. However, Carlos Slim, the 70-year-old Mexican telecommunications mogul is worth more, with an estimated fortune of $53.5 billion. While half a billion dollars is a fortune to the vast majority of us, it’s small beer to these guys.
Slim tops the Forbes list for the first time, knocking Gates off in the process. But Gates should now be used to playing second fiddle to guys with more money than him as Warren Buffett stole the top spot off him in 2008 before he retook it last year.
Other notable tech people include Larry Ellison (Oracle) in sixth place with $28 billion, Sergey Brin and Larry Page (Google) in joint 24th with $17.5 billion, Jeff Bezos (Amazon) in 43rd with $12.3 billion, Steve Jobs (Apple) in 136th with $5.5 billion, and Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook) in 212th with $4 billion.
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