Richest Persons in the World - 2010

Forbes is an American publishing and media company. On 10^th March 2010 Forbes released the Richest Persons in the world.

The List of Richest Persons in the World at present:

1. Carlos Slim

Citizenship – Mexican

Net Worth - $53.5 billion

Source - Telecom

Age – 70.

2.  Bill Gates

Citizenship – American

Net Worth – $53 billion

Source – Microsoft

Age- 54

3. Warren Buffet

 Citizenship - American

Net Worth - $47 billion

Source – Berkshire Hathaway

Age – 79

4. Muhkhesh Ambani

Citizenship –Indian

Net Worth – $29 billion

Source – Petrochemical, oil & Gas

Age – 52

5. Lakshmi Mittal

Citizenship – Indian

Net Worth - $28.7 billion

Source – Steel

Age – 59.

6. Lawrence Ellison (US) - $28 billion

7. Bernard Arnault (France) - $27.5 billion

8. Eike Batista (Brazil) - $27 billion

9. Amancio Ortega (Spain) - $25 billion

10. Karl Albrecht (Germany) - $23.5 billion

There are 1,011 billionaires in the world now, up from 793 a year ago. There are two Indians in the list of top 10 richest persons across the world. The United States has 403 billionaires, the most in the world, followed by China that beat out Russia to grab the second spot. Although China has more billionaires than India (which has 23 billionaires), ten of Asia's top 25 are Indian, while one is Chinese. The only woman to be on the top ten list, at number ten, is German entrepreneur Karl Albrecht.

For the third time in three years, the world has a new richest man.

In 2008 Release, Warren Buffet Occupies No.1 Position.

In 2009 Release, Bill Gates Occupies No.1 Position.

In 2010 Release, Carlos Slim Occupies No.1 Position.