The RICHEST men in the world, 2010

Do you know that Bill Gates no longer wears the crown as King of the Richest? He's been dethroned. Forbes have just released their rich list, 2010: No females??? Interesting. I wonder why that is?

10. In tenth place is the man behind the super successful supermarket chain, Aldi. He currently has an estimated $23.5 bn

Karl Albrecht

9. Next on the list is Amancio Ortega. He is worldly known for his high street fashion brand, Zara. Born in 1936 in Spain, this 74 year old mougal earned approx $4.5 bn in the last year alone giving him a whopping total of $25 bn.

Amancio Ortega

8. Having added $16 bn to his fortune in 2009 his bank book of $27 bn now sees Brazilian entrepreneur, Eike Batista in 8th place. The 52 year old studied engineering and now owns business in mining and oil.

Eike Batista

7. At $27.5 bn Bernard Arnault jumped from 16th place to 7th. Born in 1949 this French businessman is the founder, chairman and CEO of luxury goods outfit LVMH which owns over fifty luxury brands including Louis Vuitton, Dior and Fendi.

Bernard Arnault

6. Entrepreneur Lawrence Ellison is the first of three Americans in this years list. His $28 bn has been made from Oracle Cooperation, a major enterprise software company of which he is the founder and the CEO.

Lawrence Ellison

5. Lakshmi Mittal is the UK's wealthiest man. Born in Rajistan he now resides in London. He has super savings of $28.7 bn. made from his company Arcelormittal which is the largest steel maker in the world.

Lakshmi Mittal

4. Indian business tycoon Mukesh Ambani is this year's fourth place with $29 bn. His company Reliance Industries is India's most valuable company. He is also the owner of Mumbai's cricket club.

Mukesh Ambani

3. American Warren Buffet 'the Oracle of Omaha' this year has wealth of $47 bn. This man is obscenely rich and is the world's best known investor. Buffett is also a notable philanthropist, having pledged to give away 85 percent of his fortune to the Gates Foundation.

Warren Buffet

2. The regular to this list mr. Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft, the software company he founded with Paul Allen has accumulated wealth of $53 bn. He continues to dedicate much of his time (and money) to the charity he set up with his wife, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, through which the couple have donated billions to worthy causes.

Bill Gates

1. Mexico's Carlos Slim Helu heralds this years title of the Worlds Richest Man at a staggering fortune of $53.5 bn.
The billionaire's family empire controls more than 200 companies, covering the banking, telecoms and construction sectors to name but a few.

Back in the 1990s, he moved quickly to take advantage of the privatization of Mexico's national telephone company - and has never looked back.

According to Forbes, he has donated $65 million to fund a research project in genomic medicine with American billionaire philanthropist Eli Broad.

Carlos Slim Helu