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Warren Buffett, the famed US investor who heads Berkshire Hathaway Inc , has replaced his friend Microsoft Corp founder Bill Gates as the richest man in the world, Forbes magazine said this morning.
The following are the top 10 billionaires as estimated by
the magazine - rank by wealth ($b):
1 Warren Buffett US$62 US Berkshire Hathaway
2 Carlos Slim $60 Mexico Telecoms
3 Bill Gates $58 US Microsoft Corp
4 Lakshmi Mittal $45 India Steel
5 Mukesh Ambani $43 India Petrochemicals
6 Anil Ambani $42 India Diversified
7 Ingvar Kamprad $31 Sweden IKEA
8 K.P. Singh $30 India Real Estate
9 Oleg Deripaska $28 Russia Aluminum
10 Karl Albrecht $27 Germany Aldi supermarkets
Source: Forbes Magazine.
Data reflects estimates of worth made on Feb. 11, 2008.
Figures in US$.
- REUTERS
