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Guess Who's World's Richest Person (PHOTO)

Monday, September 16, 2013 at 4:46 PM by Khadijah Thabit 1 min read

Bill Gates has reclaimed the title of world’s richest person from Mexico’s Carlos Slim with a net worth of $72 billion, according to Forbes annual rankings. Warren Buffett, again number two, was the year’s biggest dollar gainer, having added $12.5 billion to his fortune.

Facebook’s hot stock pumped up Mark Zuckerberg’s fortune by $9.6 billion and put him back into the top 20 after missing the top cut last year; Carl Icahn lost his battle to stop Dell from going private but he had a great year and moves back in the top 20 for the first time since 2008.

The biggest percentage gainer was Workday’s David Duffield, whose fortune more than tripled to $6.4 billion, and just behind him in terms of percentage jumps was the entrepreneur Elon Musk, now worth $6.7 billion and ranked 61st.

Source: Legit.ng

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