No! Bill Gates couldn’t be the poorest among billionaires. But after 13 years of being the richest man in the world, he’s now surpassed by his friend Mr. Buffett who is worth $62 Billion. Mr. Gates is now ranked 3rd richest man in the world with his wealth worth $58 Billion. The 10 richest person in the world according to Forbes are:
- Warren Buffett
- Carlos Slim Helu
- William Gates III
- Lakshmi Mittal
- Mukesh Ambani
- Anil Ambani
- Ingvar Kamprad
- KP Singh
- Oleg Deripaska
- Karl Albrecht
- Li Ka-shing
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I wish I am on the list even just on the last rank (:-) ). How good it is to be listed on the richest person in the world and be the first Filipino Billionaire (:( ).
Youngest Billionaire
Among these billionaires, five are those below the age of 30 and they are:
- Mark Zuckerberg (23) - Facebook founder
- Albert von Thurn und Taxis (24)
- Hind Hariri (24)
- Yang Huiyan (26)
- Fahd Hariri (27)
- Aymin Hariri (29)
March 6th, 2008 at 8:53 pm
how i wish im one of those on the list, lol
March 7th, 2008 at 11:10 am
Someday, pinoys will dominate that list…=]
March 7th, 2008 at 11:18 am
if i will be lucky, i will be the first pinoy to be listed
March 7th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
I’ve got 7 years to go to qualify in the under 40 billionaire’s list. haha.
But most of these are just paperwealth. A recession would most likely wipe out half of their wealth. Oh well, even half is worth billions.
March 8th, 2008 at 1:43 am
Interesting use of oxymorons here…
April 15th, 2008 at 10:07 pm
i wanna be on that list….
April 19th, 2008 at 3:03 pm
Id be happy to be last on that list