Mexico's Carlos Slim remains the world's richest man for the fourth year

Carlos Slim

Mexico's Carlos Slim charcoal the world's richest man for the fourth year in a row, according to Forbes, while Warren Buffett alone out of the top three for the aboriginal time back 2000.

And Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg saw his baronial bead 31 spots as his net account beneath by $4.2 billion.

A almanac 1,426 humans about the apple fabricated Forbes magazine's latest anniversary account of billionaires, up 16 percent from endure year. Their boilerplate net account was $3.8 billion, ascent 3 percent from 2012. The absolute net account for the list's billionaires was $5.4 abundance compared with $4.6 abundance a year ago.

The U.S. connected to abode the a lot of billionaires in the world, with 442 of them. It was followed by the Asia-Pacific region, with Europe rounding out the top three.

There were 210 new faces on the list, with Forbes adage abounding were helped by airy disinterestedness markets and able customer brands.

Slim's net account added to $73 billion from $69 billion a year earlier. Bill Gates of Microsoft Corp. captivated on to additional abode with a net account of $67 billion.

Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s Buffett slipped to the fourth atom with a $53.5 billion net worth. Buffett was surpassed by Spanish clothier Amancio Ortega, who jumped two spots from 2012 with a net account of $57 billion.

While Buffett alone in the rankings, he added $9.5 billion to his net account — authoritative him the second-biggest gainer of the year. The better gainer was Ortega, who added $19.5 billion to his net worth.

There were 138 women on the list, up from 2012's 104. Liliane Bettencourt — whose ancestors owns a pale in L'Oreal — is the world's richest woman with a net account of $30 billion.

Brazil's Eike Batista had the better bead in his net worth, with it crumbling $19.4 billion from the antecedent year. Facebook's Zuckerberg saw his net account abatement to $13.3 billion from $17.5 billion. His baronial fell to No. 66 from No. 35 in 2012.

There were 60 humans that alone off the account entirely, including Zynga's Mark Pincus and above Chesapeake Energy CEO Aubrey McClendon.

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