Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates, 57, remains the richest person in the world with a net worth of $72.2 billion.
Mexico’s Carlos Slim, 73, is $5.5 billion behind Gates. The telecommunications tycoon’s fortune has plunged $8.5 billion this year as his main holding, a 44 percent stake in America Movil SAB, the largest mobile-phone operator in the Americas, has fallen 11 percent.
No. 3 on the Bloomberg ranking is Berkshire Hathaway Inc. chairman Warren Buffett. Shares of the Omaha, Nebraska-based company are up 31 percent this year, elevating the 82-year-old’s fortune to $59.8 billion.