The latest Forbes list of richest people in the world is out and Warren Buffett is now the richest man on the planet, surpassing previous winner Bill Gates. Riding on the success of his Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK), the personal fortune of Warren Buffett jumped by $ 10 billion over the past year, for a total of 62 million dollars, making it the most popular World investor also the world’s richest man, according to Forbes magazine. The $ 10 billion additional Buffett has earned enough to put on top of the list, previously figured prominently 13 years by the co-founder of Microsoft Bill Gates.

Only 2 billion in additional funds has been the wealth of Bill Gates has managed to accumulate during the past year, coming in third place with the total estimate of 58 billion. According to Forbes, Gates could have retained the title “man the richest in the world” Microsoft had not made a bid to Yahoo, which led to 15% drop in the share price of Microsoft at the time Forbes “locked in stock prices for 2008. 2006 irrevocably affected the majority of its shares Berkshire to charity, mostly from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

But the biggest winner, in 2007, Mexican telecommunications magnate Carlos Slim Helú, whose personal fortune grew by $ 11 billion since March 2007 for the estimated total of $ 60 billion, placing him second on Forbes World’s Richest People list. The online gambling Bodog founder of the company Calvin Ayre, which has ranked in the top 746 The World’s Richest People in 2006 did not make the list this time. Visit Forbes Magazine for more details.

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