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| Публикувано | 06.07.01 21:59 |
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Bill Gates, Warren Buffett Top Forbes' World's Richest List
June 21, 2001
Associated Press
NEW YORK -- Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates is still the richest man on the planet, according to the latest ranking by Forbes magazine, but value investing guru Warren Buffett slipped past the software giant's other co-founder for second place.
The bursting of the Internet bubble knocked a number of billionaires down a peg or two, or off the list entirely. Nevertheless Mr. Gates -- with a net worth of $58.7 billion, down from last year's $60 billion -- easily retained his No. 1 position on Forbes magazine's 15th annual list of the world's billionaires.
Microsoft's (MSFT) Paul Allen slipped behind Mr. Buffett after the net worth of the "Oracle of Omaha" increased $4 billion to $32.3 billion. Mr. Allen, who was tied with Mr. Buffett for third place last year, had $30.4 billion, according to list results.
The billionaire club swelled to 538 members this year, up from 482 last year, because Forbes decided for the first time to include all billionaires. Previously, the magazine counted only "working rich" billionaires to differentiate between those who ran businesses and those who simply lived off their wealth.
Because of the new entries, some year-to-year comparisons are difficult. For example, the overall number of billionaires would have dropped this year under the old parameters, and Forbes wasn't able to provide a comparable number. The problem should be resolved when next year's list appears, said Kerry Dolan, a senior Forbes editor who co-edited the rankings.
The rankings appear in the July 9 issue of Forbes, which reaches newsstands Friday.
Oracle Corp. (ORCL) founder Larry Ellison, last year's second-richest man, saw his net worth plummet to $26 million from $47 billion. But that was still good enough to make him No. 4.
German retailers Theo and Karl Albrecht had the fifth spot and Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud, a global investor from Saudi Arabia, came in sixth. Three heirs of the Wal-Mart Stores Inc. fortune created by founder Sam Walton took the No. 7 through No. 9 spots, and two more Waltons tied for 10th place. Several Waltons who made the list this year weren't included last year because they were no longer active in the business.
The stock-market shakeout over the past year hurt several on the list. "Call it the world-wide humbling of the billionaires," the magazine said.
For example, the net worth of Japanese software magnate Masayoshi Son, founder of Softbank Corp., dropped to $5.6 billion from $19.4 billion, putting him in 55th place. Last year he was eighth. Amazon.com Inc.'s Jeff Bezos saw his net worth fall to $2 billion from $6.1 billion, still good enough for a tie for 234th.
The list was set using stock prices and exchange rates as of May 21.
Copyright (c) 2001 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
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