World's Top 10 Richest man

The Forbes Billionaires list for 2010 has witnessed Mexican Carlo Slim surpassing Bill Gates and Warrant Buffett to be the richest man on the earth. Slim's total worth rose $18.5 billion during the year to an estimated $53.5 billion, the Forbes Magazine said. Gates remained second with a fortune of $53 billion.Apart from Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani and Head of ArcelorMittal L N Mittal, there were four other Indian tycoons in the top 50 list and 49 others in the complete list of 1,011 billionaires.

1. Carlos Slim Helu [ $ 53.5 Billion ]

2. Bill Gates [ $ 53.0 Billion ]

3. Warren Buffet [ $ 47.0 Billion ]

4. Mukesh Ambani [ $ 29.0 Billion ]

5. Lakshmi Mittal [ $ 28.7 Billion ]

6. Lawrence Ellison [ $ 28.0 Billion ]

7. Bernard Arnault [ $ 27.5 Billion ]

8. Eike Batista [ $ 27.0 Billion ]

9. Amancio Ortega [ $ 27.0 Billion ]

10. Karl Albrecht [ $ 23.0 Billion ]