World's Richest People: Top 10 Forbes Billionaires Of 2012 (PHOTOS)

The world seems to be getting richer with number of billionaires hitting an-all-time high this year. World's Billionaires List by Forbes magazine features 1,226 billionaires with their combined wealth touching $4.6 trillion. Here are the World's Billionaires Of 2012 according to Forbes.

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World’s Richest Man: Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim Helu is world’s richest man with a fortune of $69 billion. He has retained the title for three consecutive years.Reuters
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Warren Buffett is the co-founder of The Giving Pledge. He was ranked the world’s wealthiest person in 2008 and his current net worth is US$46 billion. He had promised to give most of his wealth to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.Reuters
World’s Billionaires Of 2012: Bernard Arnault is world’s fourth riches man with a fortune worth $41 billion. The 63-year-old man from France is the Chairman of Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy.Reuters
World’s Billionaires Of 2012: Amancio Ortega of Spain is world’s fifth richest man with a fortune of $37.5 billion.Reuters
World’s Billionaires Of 2012: Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle, is the sixth richest man in the world. The 67-year-old has a fortune of $36 billion.Reuters
World’s Billionaires Of 2012: Eike Batista is world’s seventh richest man with a fortune of $30 billion. The 55-year-old Brazilian is into oil business.Reuters
World’s Billionaires Of 2012: Stefan Persson, who owns apparel chain H&M, is world’s eighth richest man. The 64-year-old from Sweden has a fortune of $26 billion.Reuters
World’s Billionaires Of 2012: Li Ka-shing, Chairman of Hutchison Whampoa Limited, is world’s ninth richest man. The 83-year-old from Hong Kong has a fortune of $25.5 billion.Reuters
World’s Billionaires Of 2012: No.Karl Albrecht (second from left), owner of supermarket giant Aldi Sud, is world’s tenth richest person. The 92-year-old from Germany has a fortune of $25.4 billion.Reuters

The world seems to be getting richer with number of billionaires hitting an-all-time high this year. World's Billionaires List by Forbes magazine features 1,226 billionaires with their combined wealth touching $4.6 trillion.

Here are the World's Billionaires Of 2012 according to Forbes:

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