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Bill Gates richest person on earth once again

By Web Desk
January 27, 2016

NEW YORK: Bill Gates, the co-founder of Micrsoft, has once again taken the top slot in the list of world’s wealthiest individuals with a net worth of whopping $87.4 billion.

The list was released by a wealth-tracking website Wealth-X which shows Spain’s Amancio Ortega on the second position with $66.8 billion. Ortega is the founding chairman of clothing retailer Inditex. 

Warrant Buffett takes third slot with his net worth of $60.7 billion. 

The list puts potential US presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg at ninth place with a net worth of $42 billion.