Yearly, Forbes magazine releases their listing

Yearly, Forbes magazine releases their listing of the richest people in the world. This year, Forbes sent a team regarding workers to carefully analyze the particular files of more than 1, 000 billionaires. This list is a snapshot with the world's richest men as of Feb 12, 2010. Because of the volatility from the stock market, this list can change often, and may already be out of date.

Without further delay, here are the world's top richest men as of Feb twelve, 2010:

10. Karl Albrecht ($23. 5 Billion)

This German experienced entrepreneur founded the discount grocery store chain Aldi with his brother Theo. Albrecht is the richest man in his country and the tenth richest guy in the world. Even though he made $2 billion dollars dollars in 2009, he fell out of his #6 position of recently.

9. Amancio Ortega ($25 Billion)

Ortega is a Spanish fashion designer that has appeared on the top 10 list for a few years running. Last year he was #10, so this represents a slight improvement. He co-founded Inditex Group, and he has recently been busy exporting his Zara stores all over the world.

8. Eike Batista ($27 Billion)

The richest man in Brazil was #61 this past year with a net-worth of $7. five Billion. What a difference a year makes! This college dropout has made his or her fortune mining iron-ore.

7. Bernard Arnault ($27. 5 Billion)

Arnault holds his #7 position right from 2009. This French business male owns the world's largest luxurious goods empire. Perhaps you've heard about some of his brands like Louis Vuitton and Christian Dior.

6. Lawrence Ellison ($28 Billion)

This U. s. is the founder reparar movil zaragoza of Oracle. Though he is 5. 5 billion money richer than last year, he slips from the #4 to the #6 position.

5. Lakshmi Mittal ($28. several Billion)

Originally from India, Mittal inherited his fortune from his family. That doesn't mean he's content to spend it away. He's already been growing it at a rapid rate in the steel industry. He leaps from the 8th spot to claim #5.

4. Mukesh Ambani ($29 Billion)

Ambani is another Indian who has recently been diligently growing his inherited good fortune, this time in the petrochemical industry. He or she increased his fortune by almost $10 billion in 2009, catapulting your pet from #7 to #4.

5. Warren Buffett ($47 Billion)

Even though they dropped from his #2 situation of last year, Buffett gained $10 billion dollars in 2009. He made numerous pretty big bets on Standard Electric and Goldman Sachs. When he told his investors: "When they have raining gold, reach for a container, not a thimble. "

2 . Bill Gates ($53 Billion)

Gates seems to have held the #1 spot for 12 of the last 15 years (he briefly lost the position in 2008), but this year he drops to #2 despite increasing his good fortune by nearly $13 billion last season. This was mostly due to his massive stake in Microsoft, whose inventory rose more than 50%.

1 . Carlos Slim Helu ($53. 5 Billion)

The Mexican telecom investor gathered a massive $18. 5 billion in 2009 to barely edge out Costs Gates and to become the richest guy on the planet. This was largely due to America Movil's great year, in which Carlos holds a 23 billon dollars stake.