Bill
Gates has reclaimed the title of world’s richest person from Mexico’s
Carlos Slim with a net worth of $72 billion, according to Forbes annual
rankings. Warren Buffett, again number two, was the year’s biggest
dollar gainer, having added $12.5 billion to his fortune.
Facebook’s
hot stock pumped up Mark Zuckerberg’s fortune by $9.6 billionand put
him back into the top 20 after missing the top cut last year; Carl Icahn
lost his battle to stop Dell from going private but he had a great year
and moves back in the top 20 for the first time since 2008.The
biggest percentage gainer was Workday’s David Duffield, whose fortune
more than tripled to $6.4 billion, and just behind him in terms of
percentage jumps was the entrepreneur Elon Musk, now worth $6.7 billion
and ranked 61st.
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