World's Richest (Forbes List)

Forbes.com recently released their list of World's Billionaires. Guess who's no.1 ?

Although Bill Gates had claimed that honor for the past 13 years, he was not able to hold on to it for this list. He did not even make it to no. 2.

No. 1 is Warren Buffet with a net worth of $62 Billion, mostly from shares of Berkshire Hathaway.
No. 2 is Carlos Slim Helu of Mexico who owns a wireless telephone company America Movil, net worth is $60 Billion.
No. 3 is Bill Gates III who owns Microsoft, net worth $58 Billion

2 Filipinos made it to this list namely:Lucio Tan rank 785 with a net worth of $1.5 Billion and Henry Sy rank 843 with net worth of $1.4 Billion. Sadly though they are not even pure blooded Filipinos.

Other Interesting Facts:
1. Youngest billionaire is Mark Zuckerberg worth $1.5 at no.785 (as rich as Lucio Tan).He is the founder of a very popular social networking site Facebook. His similarity with Bill Gates? Both are Harvard drop outs. He is only 23!!!
2. Oldest billionaire is John Simplot worth $3.8 and ranked at no.284. Business is Food (particulary potatoes -- chips, fries, etc.). He is another dropout (from high school) and is 99 yrs.old.
3. Richest women are Alice Walton and Helen Walton. Both related to Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton, both has a net worth of $18 billion