The number of billionaires has reached a record high of 1,426 with a record net worth $5.4 trillion, says Forbes.
The world has 1,210 billionaires with a combined wealth of $4.5 trillion.
The United States leads the Forbes 2013 billionares list with 442 billionaires, followed by Asia-Pacific (386), Europe (366), the Americas (129) and the Middle East & Africa (103).
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Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has regained the title of the world's richest man in the Forbes magazine's annual billionaire list.
Forbes said out of the world's 1011 billionaires, only 14 are women who earned their fortunes, rather than inherited them.
The deal, the Times says, would come as the Times Company moves to raise money amid flagging advertising sales and approaching deadlines to pay back hundreds of millions of dollars of debt over the next two years. The company has put its stake in the Boston Red Sox up for sale and said last year that it would borrow as much as $225 million against its new headquarters in Manhattan through a sale-leaseback agreement.
Billionaire Mukesh Ambani on Monday became the richest person in the world, surpassing American software czar Bill Gates, Mexican business tycoon Carlos Slim Helu and famous investment guru Warren Buffett, courtesy the bull run in the stock market.
The Gujarati college dropout Shahid Balwa, and a Pakistani exporter Mian Muhammad Mansha are among the 97 billionaires worldwide who have made their debut in the latest Forbes rich-list.
Flamboyant Indian tycoon Vijay Mallya was pipped to the post by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim Helu in the race for acquiring the Honda Formula One team, according to media reports in Rome.
Flamboyant Indian business tycoon Vijay Mallya is pitched against Mexican billionaire and one of the world's richest persons, Carlos Slim Helu, among others for buying the Formula One team of Japanese auto giant Honda, a report said.
Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani has overtaken NRI steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal to become the richest Indian in the world. Ambani's net worth has soared past $50 billion.
The Mexican telecom tycoon is worth an estimated $67.84 billion.
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A record-breaking year for the world's billionaires.
The world's richest people have become poorer.
Industrialist Mukesh Ambani remains India's richest person with a sharp surge of 30 per cent in his net worth to $26 billion.
Reliance chairman Mukesh Ambani has moved 2 ranks ahead this year on the most powerful list.
In the Forbes rich list Mukesh Ambani is ranked 39th.
Srichand and Gopichand Hinduja emerged as the 66th richest in the world, as part of an Oxfam study released at the WEF.
Bill Gates with an estimated wealth of $86 billion topped the list for the fourth year running.
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates tops list of the world's top 25 richest self-made billionaires.
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