aaaBill

Gates is the world's richest

man for first time since 2007 with a
personal fortune of $72.7BILLION
 Gates snatched the title from Mexican mobile
phone tycoon Carlos Slim
 Last topped Bloomberg Billionaire's Index in 2007
but was usurped by Slim
 But Mexican Congress passed recent bill to break
Slim's telecoms monopoly
 New bill has slashed his wealth by 14%, erasing
$3billion from his accounts
 Warren Buffet third, then Amancio Ortega Gaona -
Europe's richest person
By MATT BLAKE
PUBLISHED: 12:10 BST, 17 May 2013 | UPDATED: 14:38 BST, 17 May 2013

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He may only work part time, but Bill Gates has become the world's
richest man for a second time thanks to a nest egg of shrewd
financial investments - and a little help from the Mexican government.

The software mogul snatched the title from Mexican mobile phone
tycoon Carlos Slim yesterday after Bloomberg revealed his personal
fortune had blossomed to an eye-watering $72.7billion.

Gates, who has spent his life at the vanguard of computer innovation
since he founded Microsoft in 1976, last wore the crown in 2007 but
was usurped by Slim three years later.