Poor Bill Gates

[usasportstraining]

He's no longer the wealthiest man in the world. I guess the recession has taken its toll on everyone.

Can anyone loan him some money?

Forbes says Gates is no longer the world's richest man

Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates is no longer the richest man in the world, according to Forbes magazine's rankings.

In fact, he's not even in the top two anymore.

Warren Buffet, helped by a rising price of his Berkshire Hathaway shares, is atop the list at $62 billion. It's the first time in 13 years that Gates didn't top the magazine's list.

At No. 2 is Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim Helú, with an estimated net worth of $60 billion.

Gates isn't struggling at No. 3 with $58 billion, according to the magazine's list, and is worth $2 billion more than last year. Paul Allen, who co-founded the Redmond computer giant (NASDAQ: MSFT) with Gates, is No. 41 on the list at $16 billion. And Microsoft's current CEO, Steve Ballmer, is No. 43 on the list at $15 billion.

[Josh189]

Only $58 billion...i'm sure he won't be too dissapointed

[destruck]

Yeah, I would be happy to be in the top 10,000 of that list >.>

[Lose2Win]

It's not recession that's too blame for him dropping a couple of spots. Waren Buffet is the world's best investor. Also, he is well connected...

[The Stealthy One]

Oh, no. "Poor" Bill Gates.

[Shazz]

He can still be it if he keeps the shares intact lol

[Manx101]

Yeah, but he gaves away money.

[suzana]

it is just the shares when the Microsoft shares goes up he will be back to where he is.

[Shazz]

He could have sold it back then when they were in the high 30's and give it to children in africa!

[usasportstraining]

I could be as rich as him if 58,000 people each gave me a million dollars.

So, who'll be the first one, hmmmm?

[Mong]

Gates wealth is not result of any surge while Buffet & Slim took high rank 'unexpectedly' so they will come back to their original spots soon.

[Shazz]

Buffet will always be a god until the day he dies

[emha]

congrat for buffet

[pingpong123]

Originally Posted by Mong

Gates wealth is not result of any surge while Buffet & Slim took high rank 'unexpectedly' so they will come back to their original spots soon.

Slim owns alot of real estate so when the real estate recession passes he will be back booming. Poor guy is only worth a measely 60 billion.

[webwork]

Warren Buffet owns the worlds largest silver reserve.

[andrewp730]

I heard gates only took $1 salary one time from Microsoft

[conceptsti]

bill gates gives 50% of his money to charity, if he didn't he would still be #1

I doubt he cares about being #1

[Shazz]

Originally Posted by andrewp730

I heard gates only took $1 salary one time from Microsoft

He uses $1 as toilet paper

[hexinator]

Originally Posted by Shazz

He uses $1 as toilet paper

As far as I know, that's illegal :P

[Shazz]

Originally Posted by hexinator

As far as I know, that's illegal :P

Link me to the law of that?