Ah, the memories. Bill Gates, known for so many years to be (by far) the wealthiest person in the world, now has to settle for second place, because a Mexican tycoon came in first (and not by a small margin; Carlos Slim Helú beats him by over $8 billion).
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The fact that Carlos Slim may not be as known worldwide as some other people on this list doesn
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Being number two kinda sucks, but don
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Ellison has been able to lurk near the top 10 overall for quite some time now, and although he
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Now, Paul is at the 19th place overall and only fourth in IT, with the Google guys breathing down his neck.
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Page is currently the President of Products at Google Inc. and has a net worth estimated at 16.6 billion dollars
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Michael is currently struggling to retain this position as he took control of the company once again, replacing Kevin Rollins at the beginning of this year, and the situation is not too cheery at the moment, so you can expect Michael to drop a position on this list real soon.
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Laugh all you like (heck, take a look at that dancing video on YouTube again if you must), but he
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Naguib Sawiris is the chairman and CEO of Egypt
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Sunil Mittal is the chairman and managing director of Bharti group, which runs India
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