The world's richest men.

Each year, Forbes magazine published its list of the richest men on the planet. Meet those leading the list in the edition of March 2011. Only one woman, Christy Walton, it appears within the first 10 positions. This list top10 When 4 Americans, 1 Mexican, 1 Brazil, 2 Indian, 1 Spanish and 1 French.

• Carlos Slim, Mexican billionaire owner of the leading Mexican companies traded leads the global list of billionaires. His fortune of 74 billion USD. His fortune increased by 20.5 billion dollars in one year.
• Bill Gates is the second consecutive year in the second position. No longer the richest man in the world because they donated 30% of his fortune to his charitable foundation. Pose 56 billion dollars. His company, Microsoft is the worldwide leading manufacturer of sotware.
• Warren Buffet has a fortune of 50 billion USD, increasing mill 3 million a year. Its main activity is investment.
• Bernard Arnault ranks fourth in this ranking with a fortune of 41 billion dollars. The Lord of the luxuries retains its place as the richest man in Europe. His fortune grew by $ 13.5 billion increase in the price of its shares of LVMH, thanks to strong demand for luxury goods. He also owns the yacht builder Royal Van Lent, a hotel in Courchevel, and has a stake in French retailer Carrefour and the French tour operator Go Voyages.
• Larry Ellison has a fortune of 39 billion dollars in 1500. His company also specializes in developing software: Oracle
• Lakshmi Mittal, an industrial source is Hindu. He is the director of Mittal Steel Company, the largest steel producer in the world. Fortune of 31.1 billion dollars, which was also the Herero, but has been increasing.
• Amancio Ortega, Spanish. Owner of clothing retailer Zara. The son of a railroad. Starts at 46 years designing clothes in her living room, along with his wife Rosalia Mera. His fortune is 31 billion dollars.
• Eike Batista, Brazil's richest man prepares to conquer the world. Batista this year announced the opening of an office in New York and its intention to list some of their companies in the London Stock Exchange. Through his holding company, EBX, Batista is in control of companies that include mining, shipbuilding, energy, logistics, tourism and entertainment. After months of wrangling, won a legal victory to take control of Canadian gold miner window. Two-thirds of his fortune comes from OGX, an oil exploration company founded and gas in 2007 and is ready later. And is expected to produce oil this year. Fortune of 30 billion dollars.
• Mukesh Ambani is ranked nine. Born in India, has the largest securities firms in the country, which is dedicated to the petrochemical industry. Although his fortune was inherited, has been doing to grow, and currently stands at 27 billion dollars.
• Christy Walton and family. John Walton's widow inherited his fortune after the doctor and former Green Beret who fought in the Vietnam War, died in a plane crash near his home in Wyoming in 2005. Now the richest woman in the world, received another boost in their fortunes due to the initial investment of her late husband at First Solar, whose shares have increased almost 500% since 2006 when the offer was made public initial. But his greatest fortune comes from his participation in Wal-Mart, the chain founded by his father Sam Walton and his brother James in 1962. Wal-Mart today has sales of $ 405 billion, and employs more than 2.1 million people. Christy Walton's fortune amounted to 26.5 billion dollars.

source: economia.com.mx