Bill Gates is A Richest Man By Forbes Version

Bill Gates managed to overtake a wealth of Carlos Slim, a Mexican businessman, who in 2010 and 2013 the richest man in the world. This year, Slim is predicted to have a net worth of U.S. $ 72 billion, down from U.S. $ 73 billion.

Forbes also announced in this world there are 1,645 billionaires. A total of 172 of them were women and 492 of whom were from the United States. Approximately 66 percent of these billionaire success of his own business, while 21 percent is obtained from the parents.

In addition to Gates and Slim, a number of other billionaire owners of record are Oracle, Larry Ellison; Lary and Sergey Brin of Google; founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezoz; founder WhatsApp, Jan Koum; Dropbox CEO Drew Houston, and many more.

Until now, the founder of Microsoft was successfully received the title of the richest man in the world 15 times over the last 20 years. From the wealth of U.S. $ 76 billion, Gates plans to donate U.S. $ 26 billion to his foundation, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. These funds are used to eradicate polio, malaria, and other deadly statement, in developing countries.