Thursday, March 10, 2011

Bill Gates Number Two On Billionaires List

Microsoft's Bill Gates is number two on Forbes latest list of top world billionaires, which was released today. According to the Forbes ranking, Gates fortune, worth $56 billion, puts him behind Mexican telecom mogul Carlos Slim Helu. Other local billionaires highly ranked in the list include Jeff Bezos, worth $18.1 billion from Amazon.com, Steve Ballmer, also of Microsoft, worth $14.5 billion, and Vulcan/Microsoft's Paul Allen, worth $13.0B. Nike's Phil Knight was number 60, with $12.7 billion net worth.