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Bill Gates Back On Top as World’s Richest Man, Aliko Dangote is Still Africa’s No 1 – Forbes

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Bill Gates & Aliko Dangote - March 2014 - BellaNaija

And the richest men in the world are…

Forbes Magazine presents its annual listing of the world’s richest men. Over 1,645 billionaires with an aggregate networth of $6.4 trillion, up $5.4 trillion from last year, were found by the Forbes team.

Women are proving they run the world; a new record profiles 42 new women billionaires, making it 172 women in total.

After a 4-year hiatus, Bill Gates is back as the World’s richest person. He retakes the crown from telecom mogul Carlos Slim Helu of Mexico who sat high on the number 1 spot for the past four years.

Bill Gates’ fortune rose by $9 billion.

Aliko Dangote is forever an Oga at the Top; the Dangote Group CEO is still Africa’s richest man.

Aliko who recently spoke to BBC on his business, moves up 20 spots, breaking into the top 25.

Top 5

  1. Bill Gates, Microsoft – $76 Billion
  2. Carlos Slim Helu and family, Telecom – $72 Billion
  3. Amancio Ortega, Zara – $64 Billion
  4. Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway – $58.2 Billion
  5. Larry Ellison, Oracle – $48 Billion

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