Bill Gates has been the number one richest person in the world since 1995, when at the age of 39 he had a fortune of $12.9 billion. During this time Gates has lost top spot only briefly to Warren Buffett and Carlos Slim respectively; but each time he quickly regained it. His current net worth, as of September 2014, is $81. read more
Bill Gates has been declared the richest man in the world for the 16th time by Forbes magazine's annual ranking of global billionaires. Forbes 2015 ranking of richest people: 1. Bill Gates $79.2bn (Microsoft) 2. Carlos Slim Helu $77.1bn (Phones and construction in Mexico) 3. Warren Buffett $72.7bn (Global investor) 4. read more
Jeff Bezos on Thursday briefly topped Bill Gates as the world’s richest man following a spike in Amazon AMZN, +0.88% shares, according to data crunched by Forbes. read more