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Carlos Slim is world's richest person

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View full sizeAP Photo/Eric GayMexico billionaire Carlos Slim is worth $68.5 billion, according to the inaugural Bloomberg Billionaires Index released Sunday.

According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index released Sunday, Mexican telecommunications tycoon Carlos Slim is the world's richest person.

Slim, 72, chairman of Telemex, Latin America’s largest mobile-phone carrier, beat Americans Bill Gates and Warren Buffett.

TOP BILLIONAIRES
1. Carlos Slim, chairman of Telmex, $68.5 billion
2. Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft, $62.4 billion
3. Warren Buffett, chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, 43.8 billion
4. Ingvar Kamprad, founder of IKEA, $42.5 billion
5. Bernard Arnault, chairman of LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, $42.3 billion
6. Amancio Ortega, owner of the Zara clothing chain, $38.8 billion.
7. Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle Corp., $38 billion.
8. Charles Koch, co-owner of Koch Industries, $34 billion
9. David Koch, co-owner of Koch Industries, $34 billion
10. Eike Batista, Brazilian mining mogul, $28.8 billion

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