JAKARTA–Forbes kembali merilis daftar orang terkaya di dunia. Carlos Slim, pengusaha telekomunikasi asal Meksiko, kembali menjadi orang terkaya di dunia selama dua tahun berturut-turut. Kekayaan Slim tahun lalu naik sepertiga kali lipat. Slim mengalahkan pendiri Microsoft Bill Gates dalam hal kekayaan. Selama setahun terakhir, kekayaan Slim meningkat 20,5 miliar dolar AS ke 74 miliar dolar [...]

Carlos Slim Helu takes No. 1 spot on Forbes World’s Billionaires list as a record 164 10-figure titans return to the ranking amid the global economic recovery. For the third time in three years, the world has a new richest man. Riding surging prices of his various telecom holdings, including giant mobile outfit America Movil [...]

The rich haven’t gotten richer–or poorer–this year. The price of admission to this, the 27th edition of The Forbes 400, is $1.3 billion for the second year in a row. The assembled net worth of America’s wealthiest rose by $30 billion–only 2%–to $1.57 trillion. Rising prices of oil and art paved the way for 31 [...]