2010 Forbes Billionaire List – Carlos Slim Helu Surpasses Bill Gates – The latest update on the list of the richest men in the world have been unveiled. The mexican telecoms mogul, Carlos Slim Helu dominated the list with a whopping $53.5 billion dollars of net worth. This is just half a billion dollar ahead of the Microsoft king, Bill Gates, who’s been on the top one for many years.

In the top three is Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway. the fourth and fifth richest ment in the world came from India, Mukesh Ambani, with net worth of $29 billion and Lakshmi Mittal with a net worth of $28.7 billion. Carlos Slim Helu Surpasses Bill Gates in the 2010 Forbes net worth listings. This may be a shocker to many but somewhat agitated others because of the fact that millions of Mexicans suffer from poverty, while Slim Helu (a single person) is enjoying his riches. Helu and his family, however were not really affected by the rankings and his son-in-law even said, “This is a number brought out by a magazine that doesn’t concern us, or worry us,”