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Bill Gates world’s richest person, again

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Forbes said March 2 that Bill Gates’s net worth rose to $79.2 billion (¥9.5 trillion) in 2015 from $76 billion (¥9 trillion) last year. That put him at the top of the magazine’s list of the world’s billionaires for the second consecutive year. The co-founder of Microsoft Corp. has topped the list for 16 of the last 21 years.

In second place is Mexican telecommunications mogul Carlos Slim Helu, worth $77.1 billion (¥9.2 trillion). (AP)

『フォーブス』の長者番付、ビル・ゲイツ氏が今年も1位

米誌発表の世界長者番付でマイクロソフト創業者ビル・ゲイツ氏が２年連続１位だった。

The Japan Times ST: March 13, 2015