The 57-year-old co-founder of Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft Corp.
recaptured the title from Mexican investor Carlos Slim yesterday,
according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, as the software maker hit
a five-year high. It is the first time Gates has held the mantle since
2007. His fortune is valued at US$72.7 billion, up 16% year-to-date.
Slim’s
America Movil SAB, the largest mobile-phone operator in America, has
dropped 14% this year after Mexico’s Congress passed a bill that could
quash the billionaire’s market dominance. That’s helped erase more than
US$3 billion from the 73-year-old tycoon’s net worth.
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