Bill Gates Dethrones Carlos Slim as 'World's Richest '
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September 17, 2013
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Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, right, and Mexican telecommunications tycoon Carlos Slim attend the inauguration of a new research center at the International Center for Improvement of Corn and Wheat (CIMMYT) in Texcoco, Mexico, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013. Gates and Slim teamed up to to fund the seed breeding research complex, which the CIMMYT says aims to sustainably increase the productivity of maize and wheat systems to ensure global food security and reduce poverty. (Associated Press)

Bill Gates is the richest man in the United States for the 20th straight year and has made a comeback as the richest man in the world, Forbes magazine reported Monday.

Gates, with a fortune estimated at $72 billion, pulled ahead of Mexico’s Carlos Slim, whom the magazine named last year as the wealthiest on the planet.

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