World’s Top 10 Richest People

Riding surging prices of his various telecom holdings, including giant mobile outfit America Movil, Mexican tycoon Carlo Slim Helu has beaten out Americans Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to become the wealthiest person on earth and nab the top spot on the 2010 Forbes list of the World’s Billionaires.

1. Carlos Slim Helu & family

2. William Gates III

3. Warren Buffett

4. Mukesh Ambani

6. Lawrence Ellison

5. Lakshmi Mittal

10. Karl Albrecht

8. Eike Batista

1. Carlos Slim Helu & family

7. Bernard Arnault

9. Amancio Ortega