The Ten Richest person in the world - 2010

There are 1,011 billionaires in the world now, up from 793 a year ago.

Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim has emerged the richest men in the world with $53.5 billion in assets, while Indian industrialist Mukesh Ambani,chief of Reliance Industries, ranks fourth with $29 billion in U.S. magazine Forbes' annual list of the world's top billionaires.

Mr. Slim is followed by William Gates III (popularly known as Bill Gates), with a net worth of $53 billion, and Warren Buffet in the third spot with assets worth $47 billion.

NRI billionaire Lakshmi Mittal ranks fifth with a net worth of $28.7 billion, while Mr. Ambani's younger brother Anil Ambani is at the 36th spot with $13.7 billion.

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