Xclusive: Bill Gates Back To The Top AsThe World’s Richest Person

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh57MkKbuVQSGUJMVrFdvcXKMnanFCLpZ_9_NF0l2YQ677Y6Bsoz7DohAtt3B9id6jdILCCSQdgLhoUwscqnas25xDW-R9WeAOqnXr4JnKXNibJlD0mXMtj1KwSrqc3efQddzIwbg8-XzI/s1600/billgates.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh57MkKbuVQSGUJMVrFdvcXKMnanFCLpZ_9_NF0l2YQ677Y6Bsoz7DohAtt3B9id6jdILCCSQdgLhoUwscqnas25xDW-R9WeAOqnXr4JnKXNibJlD0mXMtj1KwSrqc3efQddzIwbg8-XzI/s640/billgates.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> The 57-year-old co-founder of Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft Corp. recaptured the title from Mexican investor Carlos Slim yesterday, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, as the software maker hit a five-year high. It is the first time Gates has held the mantle since 2007. His fortune is valued at US$72.7 billion, up 16% year-to-date.<br /><br />Slim’s America Movil SAB, the largest mobile-phone operator in America, has dropped 14% this year after Mexico’s Congress passed a bill that could quash the billionaire’s market dominance. That’s helped erase more than US$3 billion from the 73-year-old tycoon’s net worth.

Xclusive: Bill Gates Back To The Top AsThe World’s Richest Person

The 57-year-old co-founder of Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft Corp. recaptured the title from Mexican investor Carlos Slim yesterday,...

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