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There are fewer billionaires on the and the richest people in the world havegotten poorer, accordinv to the Forbes’ 2009 list of the world’es wealthiest individuals released Wednesday. Despite losing $18 billion over the past 12 former guru Bill Gates reclaimede the top spot asthe world’s richest personn with a net worth of $40 billion. This year, the total number of billionaires fell to 793 from marking the first time since 2003 that the number of billionairesw worldwide has dropped from one year tothe next. Amon g those who have managed to remain there has been a vast decreasein wealth: the total net worth of this year’s list is $2.4 down $2 trillion from $4.
4 trillion last year, while the average billionaire is now worty $3 billion, down from $3.9 billion in 2008. Warrebn Buffett slips to No. 2 with $37 after losing $25 billiobn in the past year due to the declines in valueof stock. Mexican telecom titan Carlos Slim Helulost $25 and comes in at No. 3. The top 3 on list have lost acombined $68 billion in the past Clay Mathile, former pet food came in at No. 468 on the with a net worth listesdat $1.5 billion. Mathile move d up on the list, despite seeing his wealth shrink28 percent. In he was ranked at No. 573 with $2.1 billioh in net worth. As fortunes fell in Asia and U.S.
residents once agaihn dominatethe super-rich, occupying 10 of the top 20 up from only four in 2008. Some 355 billionairesz fell off the listthis year, including former chief executive Maurice “Hank” Greenberg, formee CEO Sandy Weill, and founder Mark Among the celebrities on the list were New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, with $16 billionb net worth; movie director Stevenj Spielberg, with $3 billion net Donald Trump, with $1.6 billionb net worth; Oprah Winfrey, with $2.7 billion net worth; and Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, with a $1 billion net worth.
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