Completing 27 years of building the much-awaited Billionaires List, Forbes with its elaborate global wealth team of reporters and editors churn out the 2013 list of the World’s Richest! List reads former number one telecom tycoon Carlos Slim continuing his reign on number one with riches worth $73 billion, followed by Bill Gates with $67 billion and Amancio Ortega on number three worth $57 billion. Calculating from among 1,426 contenders, a net aggregate of their wealth amounts to $5.4 trillion, recording a 17% increase from its previous $4.6 trillion. 210 new ten-figure fortunes were identified this year and reports claim that the constant rise in asset value is the driving force behind the increase in wealth. U.S takes away the “most number of billionaire” trophy with 442 billionaires, followed by Asia-Pacific with 386, Europe – 366, the Americas – 129 and Middle East & Africa -103. Here’s a brief on the Top Ten Billionaires of the World in 2013: 1. Carlos Slim Helu: Staying on the top of the list, fourth year in a row, Carlos Slim, the telecom tycoon even at age 73 is up and about churning billions every year. The reason being his good fortune with the surging stock prices and successful expansions over the last year. As earlier mentioned, this booming billionaire is worth $73 billion in comparison to $69 billion from last year.
