1) The American investor and philanthropist Warren Buffet is worth an estimated $62 billion, up $10 billion from a year ago thanks to surging prices of Berkshire Hathaway stock, according to Forbes magazine's annual ranking of the world's billionaires.
![Warren Buffet](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi89NpejbfNqjpe1rS3ul35n0S9SfgHKX9Ac6Prkr9U774cFZMOAJtLWonL91Ia8h24sLuCyWtJUg0LpTxvvLt54FMtWWB_jyIH2aEbqNFa97NREX6cP80He1G1W6l7vJx6UWvYZ2k-jDko/s400/Warren+Buffet.jpg)
2) Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim Helu was named the world's second richest man, with a net worth of around $60 billion, up $11 billion since last March.
![Carlos Slim Helu](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSoYWvjUbEqmhIBwMeDXCcax0tTnsoQnO19k5Q6-55slVau4Oe-pBlpK8DU3Hzni7BtnVdtQxbQPMTeHFc1eZ93noMAXQjIxg_Kchw4hx-fYIkkXWB2nFW8iK6wgyuz3xXW-HbxEOVX4aX/s400/Carlos+Slim+Helu.jpg)
3) Bill Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft, is now ranked as the world's third richest person. At $58 billion, his net worth is up $2 billion from a year ago.
![Bill Gates](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw-bHKVrTotaUoPeG6vtp0dk8SpRF1UooHn1lW8mvz3b7h7iOFNqDFO8Ls3ZFbnrl0APdileZB6PAs5k7v8EJtSjGJRp1GMBVCyLqxm-pGt4bdE17iItYrCy6Tw6Y8JE4QdoCE6ABDBhY6/s400/Bill+Gates.jpg)
4) Steel giant Lakshmi Mittal placed fourth with 45 billion dollars
![Lakshmi Mittal](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkJgTU0GKIeDMouTeU_hEhyphenhyphensNdBRyCU9Bse-PsizhVHa6wf_wklkSFVv2Xe9JLm6VNV9R3hAXhSisVjiy-zG0Ufj0kqZUxsU08oOdfzovEJODWGtmLJg2Exgn6ea2trYxkVPRrO6-UfCFa/s400/Lakshmi+Mittal.jpg)
5) Petrochemicals tycoon Mukesh Ambani placed fifth with 43 billion dollars
![Mukesh Ambani](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRwxIxZlUKg0VtdB-pH-dbMx9STHX8SuEdsuGM3RRKHwvB7p-jO9EFNur7Lnn_3xdJYCaCWjA9q7ZON2sK8S2s-jc1Y_FYW02jVhpgdeZuRgkQUa8EvlBH5kAiUmszYcL4fMk23u36wsas/s400/Mukesh+Ambani.jpg)
6) Anil Ambani at sixth position with 42 billion dollars
![Anil Ambani](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIZ52WdLdrZ3zGDHhyfYnslzZYlRjqGlAQ1PfWf0IcEBuZyJ9EIwfJEy_FSAIP7v23cDYGv3I_HRPcKPVE5pLT5nEp6ogLoCRTVKSC3rZ-LZNK88DFjcmxwHooD4kV9kJXv2W2vSo-6BOY/s400/Anil+Ambani.jpg)
7) Ikea store chain owner Ingvar Kamprad was seventh at $31 billion
![Ingvar Kamprad](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ778vWcPgmyxSj3lYQI2sVgaVQ2fId8HyLv0XXoKOVGtTGo-4-EgBaZjkLv9C9VEY8Z027QfuaUqyvEA186OUAi3yhZX6Bey4-DqAv8-UJBadO7NSCOKJUu90lL3_YEs_v0gXM3FDH5nk/s400/Ingvar+Kamprad.jpg)
8) Property magnate K.P. Singh came in eighth on the list, with a fortune estimated at 30 billion dollars.
![K.P. Singh](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ32kCa_uNRkmc07dHp15Zl4aHaqnDDZjmZW3NRYLBtv9fYVSgz9uTBsUmGPdQAYtDP17p0D6hv5klN2CzN_-Ud3hPJvzQw5oYItfn95TNASI4wE97j-4S-54D-4UfVec8Jssax4hu1008/s400/KP+Singh.jpg)
9) Aluminum giant Oleg Deripaska was ninth at $28 billion
![Oleg Deripaska](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicpttm0hUCc-rwkNB5rfobJacF33YBfsmq-jucySC8OQJeAu4DZiUcTm5h_zDAfmiL7g4G-JX54YjTbV9JriHykev6F5PtjIQiVf8VcPdxwqHNUbfB43A8H9DlmCYcvaROly0kFYBnvrg4/s400/Oleg+Deripaska.jpg)
10) Aldi store chain owner Karl Albrecht was 10th at $27 billion
![Karl Albrecht](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS5YKLWfDFybTXaQ7ReEHX0wRhgZWXS0gdASNAZb0-hphYXtbkyjZQuwMvkkgmG-K5OD-DP3JEuABKX110cCW96sMPxe5nyGBMp26LLnHLg2qP_Z3HO7f371taSb6SSPcE8VhZ8p0YRgWx/s400/Karl+Albrecht.jpg)