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A Mexican investor in telecommunications is the world’s richest man for the fourth straight year.

American Movil (NYSE:) co-chairman Carlos Slim tops this year’s Forbes list of top billionaires.

Also sitting in the top ranks of the list are Microsoft‘s (NASDAQ:) Bill Gates, Berkshire Hathaway‘s (NYSE:) Warren Buffett and Amancio Ortega of Spain.

Forbes compiled the list using assets and discounting debts. The magazines makes the effort to confirm its figures with the men and women on the list but says that only some of them cooperate.

Here’s the :

1. : $73 billion
2. : $67 billion
3. : $57 billion
4. : $53.5 billion
5. : $43 billion
6. : $34 billion
7. : $34 billion
8. : $31 billion
9. : $30 billion
10. : $29 billion

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