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Bill Gates may be more philanthropic (http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/13/bill-gates-60-minutes/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget) than ever since leaving the top job at Microsoft, but he still owns a ton of stock in the company, which today just so happened to close at a five-year high. As Bloomberg reports, that shift was finally enough to push Gates' net worth back above that of telecom mogul Carlos Slim (http://www.engadget.com/tag/carlosslim/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget), who took the title of "world's richest person" away from Gates way back in 2007 (http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/03/carlos-slim-edges-out-bill-fatty-fat-fat-gates-as-worlds-rich/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget). As things stand now, Gates has some $72.7 billion to his name, while Slim stands at $72.1 billion. A situation that offers no material for puns whatsoever.
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Source: Bloomberg (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-16/bill-gates-retakes-world-s-richest-title-from-carlos-slim.html)
Via: Engadget