According to Steve Forbes, the majority of the new billionaires this year are fr

Forbes magazine’s list of the world’s richest people mirrors the remarkable changes in the global economy.
    Magazine chairman Steve Forbes says of the 200 new billionaires this year, the majority are from the BRIC countries, Brazil, Russia, India and China.
    The top of the list remained unchanged.
    Mexican media mogul Carlos Slim retains the top spot with a net worth of $ 74 billion. Microsoft founder Bill Gates is second with $ 53 billion, after giving away $ 28 billion to charity. And investor Warren Buffet retains third place with $ 50 billion, up from $47 billion last year. But Russian social media billionaire Yuri Milner takes the front cover. His hometown Moscow has 79 billionaires, the most of any major city.
    The US still has more billionaires than any other country, but the wealth gap is narrowing.
    The number of new billionaires in China has doubled. Robin Li, the CEO of search engine Baidu, is one of China’s richest men, with more than $9 billion. Forbes editor Russell Flannery says Li’s success symbolizes the changes going on in China.