The founder of Microsoft regained the title of the richest man on the planet, as the value of the shares of the company that produces the most popular operating system for personal computers, reached a maximum in the last five years value. The state of Bill Gates, which has a significant stake in the company, compared to the previous year increased by 16% and is now estimated at 72.7 billion dollars. This allowed Mr. Gates for the first time since 2007 to take first place in the ranking of the richest people in the world Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
The former head of Microsoft, which last fall turned 57 years old, pushed into second place Mexican investor Carlos Slim (Carlos Slim), whose fortune is estimated at 72.1 billion dollars.
It should be noted that the founders of Google, Larry Page (Larry Page) and Sergey Brin (Sergey Brin) for the year increased their state more than 22%, due to higher share of world search giant. They take place in the Bloomberg ranking 18 and 19 respectively.