Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim Helu has topped the Forbes magazine list of the world’s richest billionaires.
The list, released on Wednesday, valued Slim’s fortune at USD 53.5 billion, USD 500 million ahead of long-time list topper Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft. Legendary investor Warren Buffet was third with USD 47 billion.
The 24th Forbes list included people from 55 countries, with first entries from Finland and Pakistan.
Two Indians made it to the top 10 – oil magnate Mukesh Ambani in fourth with USD 29 billion and steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal in fifth with USD 28.7 billion.
Overall, the 10 richest people had USD 342 billion or $88 billion more than last year.
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