Bill Gates repeats at top of Forbes鈥 list
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THE world’s richest person got even richer this year. Forbes said yesterday that Bill Gates’s net worth rose to US$79.2 billion in 2015 from US$76 billion last year.
That put him at the top of the magazine’s list of the world’s billionaires for the second consecutive year. The co-founder of Microsoft Corp has topped the list for 16 of the last 21 years.
In second place is Mexican telecommunications mogul Carlos Slim Helu, with a net worth of US$77.1 billion. He had topped the list in 2013.
Next is investor Warren Buffett, who moved up one slot this year with a net worth of US$72.7 billion. In fourth place was Amancio Ortega, the Spanish co-founder of clothing retail chain Zara, with a net worth of US$64.5 billion.
Rounding out the top five was Larry Ellison, founder of technology company Oracle Corp, with US$54.3 billion.
Forbes said there were 1,826 billionaires on its list this year, up from 1,645 in 2014. Added together, they were worth a combined US$7.05 trillion, up from US$6.4 trillion last year.
Most of those on the list were men. But there were 197 women, up from 172 a year ago. The highest-ranking woman was Christy Walton,
The widow of John Walton, a son of the founder of Wal- Mart Stores Inc. She has a net worth of US$41.7 billion, according to Forbes.
The world’s youngest billionaire was 24-year-old Evan Spiegel, CEO and co-founder of mobile messaging company Snapchat, with a net worth of US$1.5 billion.
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