Carlos Slim Helu overtakes Bill Gates as the world’s richest man – Forbes Magazine

Posted by uspost Business, Featured Thursday, March 11th, 2010

Forbes Magazine has come out with their annual list of the richest people in the world and at the top of the list is not Bill Gates. Mexican telecom executive Carlos Slim Helu was named as the richest man in the world, with a fortune estimated to be $53.5 billion.