Slim richest in world, Mukesh Ambani in India

Betwa Sharma
New York, Mar 11 (PTI) Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim
has emerged as the richest person in the world with USD 53.5
billion in assets, while Indian industrialist Mukesh Ambani
ranks fourth with USD 29 billion in the US magazine Forbes
annual list of world's top billionaires.
Slim is followed by William Gates III (popularly known as
Bill Gates) with a net worth of USD 53 billion and Warren
Buffet at the third spot with assets worth USD 47 billion.
NRI billionaire Lakshmi Mittal with a net worth of USD
28.7 billion ranks fifth while Mukesh's younger brother Anil
Ambani is at the 36th spot with USD 13.7 billion.
There are 1,011 billionaires in the world now, up from
793 a year ago.
Gates has held the top spot for 14 of the past 15 years
in the past. "The Microsoft founder is now worth USD 53
billion, up USD 13 billion from a year ago," Forbes said.
There are just two Indians in the list of top 10 richest
persons across the world. MORE PTI