1) Carlos Slim Helu: The Mexican
telecom mogul is the richest man in the world with a net worth of $73 billion,
which is $4 billion up from 2012.
2) Bill Gates:
The co-founder of Microsoft comes second with net
worth of $67 billion, which is $6 billion more than what he earned in 2012.
3) Amancio Ortega: He
jumped two places, and overtaking Warren Buffett and Bernard Arnault,
to become the world's third richest man. Net worth is $57 billion, $19.5
billion up from his 2012's $37.5 billion. 
4) Warren Buffett: Slipped
from third place in 2012 to fourth place in the list of world's richest people.
The chairman and CEO of Berkshire has a net worth of $53.5 billion, as against
$46 billion in 2012.
Warren Buffett
5) Larry Ellison: The CEO of Oracle is the fifth richest
with $43 billion. He was in the sixth place last year with a fortune of $36
billion.
Larry Ellison
6) Charles Koch: He has made it
to the top 10 list, overtaking the likes of Eike Batista, Stefan Persson and
Karl Albrecht. Net worth is $34 billion.
Charles Koch
7) David Koch: Net worth is $34 billion. He and
his brother Charles 80 percent of Koch Industries. The Koch brothers' net worth
was up by nine percent each this year.
David Koch
8) Li Ka-shing: Asia's richest person with net
worth of $31 billion. Chairman of Hutchison Whampoa Limited was world's
ninth richest man in 2012. His wealth increased by $5.5 billion in 2013.
Li Ka-shing
9) Liliane Bettencourt : The 90-year-old L'Oreal heiress has a net worth of $30 billion, up $6
billion this year.
Liliane Bettencourt
10) Bernard Arnault: The
63 year old man from France, Chairman of Louis Vuitton Moet
Hennessy, slipped from fourth to 10th place. Has fell from $41 billion in 2012
to $29 billion in 2013.
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