{"id":296803,"date":"2011-03-09T22:46:29","date_gmt":"2011-03-09T22:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/09\/facebook-friends-join-rich-list\/"},"modified":"2011-03-09T22:46:29","modified_gmt":"2011-03-09T22:46:29","slug":"facebook-friends-join-rich-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/09\/facebook-friends-join-rich-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook friends join rich list"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"85.4222222222\">\n        \t\t  <span><br \/>\n    <span>9 March 2011<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Last updated at <\/span><span>17:46 ET<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Mexico&#8217;s Carlos Slim has topped the latest Forbes magazine rich list, as his wealth grew by more than a third. <\/p>\n<p>The telecoms magnate&#8217;s fortune rose by $20.5bn (\u00a312.65bn) to $74bn, again beating Microsoft founder Bill Gates ($56bn) into second place. <\/p>\n<p>More than 200 people joined the billionaires list as their numbers rose to a new record of 1,210, Forbes said.<\/p>\n<p>Six billionaires connected with Facebook are now on the list including, Mark Zuckerberg and Sean Parker. <\/p>\n<p>They are joined by Facebook investors Peter Thiel and Yuri Milner as well as co-founders Eduardo Saverin and Dustin Moskovitz, who is the youngest person on the list at 26. <\/p>\n<p>Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad was the biggest loser, down $17bn to $6bn. <\/p>\n<p>He fell from eleventh spot to 162 and was unusual amongst the billionaires in seeing his wealth decrease.  <\/p>\n<p>The collective wealth of the billionaires on the list also hit a new record of $4.5tn.<\/p>\n<p>  <span>Russian rich<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/business-12691377#story_continues_2\">Continue reading the main story<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n<h2>How rich?<\/h2>\n<p>\t\t<!-- pullout-items--><\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- pullout-body--><\/p>\n<p><strong>A billion:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> 1,000,000,000<\/li>\n<li> One thousand million<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>A trillion:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> 1,000,000,000,000<\/li>\n<li> One million million<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- pullout-links--><\/div>\n<p>The world&#8217;s largest economy, the US, continues to have the most billionaires, with 413.<\/p>\n<p>Asia, for the first time in a decade, has more billionaires on the list then Europe, with 332 against 300.  <\/p>\n<p>China and Russia have 115 and 101 billionaires respectively, with Moscow now home to more billionaires than any other city in the world. <\/p>\n<p>The city has 79 billionaires, and Russia has the most billionaires in Europe. Germany is in second place with 52.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Europe acquired 50 new billionaires in 2011, taking it to 300 in total, with a collective worth of $1.3 trillion.  <\/p>\n<p>The UK has 32 billionaires on this year&#8217;s list, three more than last year.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the property slump, Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor and family remain the wealthiest Britons, with a net worth of $13bn, up $1bn on a year before.<\/p>\n<div>\n<table>\n<colgroup>\n<col width=\"33.333%\"\/>\n<col width=\"33.333%\"\/>\n<col width=\"33.333%\"\/><\/colgroup>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th colspan=\"3\">\n<h2>Forbes list of world&#8217;s richest people<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>\n\t\t\tName\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/th>\n<th>\n\t\t\tWealth\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/th>\n<th>\n\t\t\tMain business\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tfoot>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\">\n<p>Source: Forbes magazine<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tfoot>\n<tbody readability=\"3\">\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Carlos Slim<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>$74bn<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>America Movil, telecoms<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Bill Gates<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>$56bn<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Microsoft, software<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr readability=\"4.5\">\n<td>\n<p>Warren Buffett<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>$50bn<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td readability=\"6\">\n<p>Berkshire Hathaway, investment<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Bernard Arnault<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>$41bn<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>LVMH, luxury goods<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Larry Ellison<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>$39.5bn<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Oracle, software<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Lakshmi Mittal<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>$31.1bn<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>ArcelorMittal, steel<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Amancio Ortega<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>$31bn<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Zara, fashion<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Eike Batista<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>$30bn<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Mining, oil<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr readability=\"4.5\">\n<td>\n<p>Mukesh Ambani<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>$27bn<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td readability=\"6\">\n<p>Reliance Industries, Petrochemicals to oil<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Christy Walton<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>$26.5bn<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Wal-Mart, retail<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read More:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/int\/news\/-\/news\/business-12691377\" title=\"Facebook friends join rich list\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook friends join rich list<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 9 March 2011 Last updated at 17:46 ET Mexico&#8217;s Carlos Slim has topped the latest Forbes magazine rich list, as his wealth grew by more than a third. 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