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TOP 10 WORLDS RICHEST MEN 2009

FACTBLAST , APRIL 2,2010, 3:43 P.M. IST-

The world has a new richest man: Carlos Slim Helu. Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim Helu has beaten out AmericansBill Gates and Warren Buffett to become the wealthiest person on earth and become the top billionaire on the2010 Forbes list of the World’s Billionaires.

Slim’s fortune has gained $18.5 billion in 12 months. Shares of America Movil, of which Slim owns a $23 billion stake, were up 35% in a year. That puts him ahead of Microsoft (MSFT) cofounder Bill Gates, who had held the title of world’s richest 14 of the past 15 years.

Here are the top 10 World’s Billionaire according to Forbes:

1. Carlos Slim Helu ($53.5 billion)

Telecom, Mexico.

Telecom tycoon who pounced on privatization of Mexico’s national telephone company in the 1990s becomes world’s richest person for first time after coming in third place last year. Net worth up $18.5 billion in a year. Recently received regulatory approval to merge his fixed-line assets into American Movil, Latin America’s biggest mobile phone company.

2. Bill Gates ($53 billion)

Microsoft, U.S.

Software visionary is now the world’s second-richest man. Net worth still up $13 billion in a year as Microsoft shares rose 50% in 12 months, value of investment vehicle Cascade swelled. More than 60% of fortune held outside Microsoft; investments include Four Seasons hotels, Televisa, Auto Nation. Stepped down from day-to-day duties at Microsoft in 2008 to focus on philanthropy.

3. Warren Buffett ($47 billion)

Investments, U.S.

America’s favorite investor up $10 billion in past 12 months on surging Berkshire Hathaway shares; says U.S. has survived economic “Pearl Harbor,” but warns recovery will be slow. Shrewdly invested $5 billion in Goldman Sachs and $3 billion in General Electric amid 2008 market collapse. Recently acquired railroad giant Burlington Northern Santa Fe for $26 billion.

4. Mukesh Ambani ($29 billion)

Petrochemicals, oil and gas. India.

Global ambitions: His Reliance Industries, already India’s most valuable company, recently bid $2 billion for 65% stake in troubled Canadian oil sands outfit Value Creations. Firm’s $14.5 billion offer to buy bankrupt petrochemicals maker LyondellBasell was rejected. Since September company has sold Treasury shares worth $2 billion to be used for acquisitions. Late father, Dhirubhai, founded Reliance and built it into a massive conglomerate.

5. Lakshmi Mittal ($28.7 billion)

Steel, India.

London’s richest resident oversees ArcelorMittal, world’s largest steel maker. Net profits fell 75% in 2009. Mittal took 12% pay cut but improved outlook pushed stock up one-third in past year. Looking to expand in his native India; wants to build steel mills in Jharkhad and Orissa but has not received government approval. Earned $1.1 billion for selling his interest in a Kazakh refinery in December.

6. Lawrence Ellison ($28 billion)

Oracle, U.S.

Oracle founder’s fortune continues to soar; shares up 70% in past 12 months. Database giant has bought 57 companies in the past five years. Completed $7.4 billion buyout of Sun Microsystems in January; acquired BEA Systems for $8.5 billion in 2008. Studied physics at U. of Chicago; didn’t graduate. Started Oracle 1977; took public a day before Microsoft in 1986.

7. Bernard Arnault ($27.5 billion)

Luxury goods, France.

Bling is back, helping fashion icon grab title of richest European as shares of his luxury goods outfit LVMH–maker of Louis Vuitton, Moet & Chandon–surge 57%. LVMH is developing upscale Shanghai commercial property, L’Avenue Shanghai, with Macau billionaire Stanley Ho.

8. Eike Batista ($27 billion)

Mining, oil. Brazil.

Vowing to become world’s richest man–and he may be on his way. This year’s biggest gainer added $19.5 billion to his  personal balance sheet. Son of Brazil’s revered former mining minister who presided over mining giant Companhia Vale do Rio Doce got his start in gold trading and mining.

9. Amancio Ortega ($25 billion)

Fashion retail, Spain.

Style maven lords over Inditex; fashion firm, which operates under several brand names including Zara, Massimo Dutti and Stradivarius, has 4,500 stores in 73 countries including new spots in Mexico and Syria. Set up joint venture with Tata Group subsidiary to enter India in 2010. Betting on Florida real estate: bought Coral Gables office tower that is currently home to Bacardi USA.

10. Karl Albrecht ($23.5 billion)

Supermarkets, Germany.

Owns discount supermarket giant Aldi Sud, one of Germany’s (and Europe’s) dominant grocers. Has 1,000 stores in U.S. across 29 states. Estimated sales: $37 billion. Plans to open New York City store this year. With younger brother, Theo, transformed mother’s corner grocery store into Aldi after World War II. Brothers split ownership in 1961; Karl took the stores in southern Germany, plus the rights to the brand in the U.K., Australia and the U.S. Theo got northern Germany and the rest of Europe.

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FUNNY FACTS 4-3-2010

• ALBERT EINSTEIN could not speak properly when he was 9 years old.His parents thought he was retard!

• women's hearts beat faster than mens.

• the world population of chickens is about as much as that of human population!

                            

  

• each time beethoven sat to create music,he poured ice water over his head.

• only about 55 percent of all americans know that sun is a star.

                                                                                                   

• mosquitoes have teeth.

• cows give more milk when they listen to music.

• when a snake is born with two heads,the who heads fight each other for food.

 

• human hair and nails continue to grow even after death.

• on an avg. a four year old child asks 437 quesions in a day..

• Ernest vincent wrote a novel of 50,000 words;none of which contained the letter "e".

TRIBUTE TO MY NATION-INDIA

• The World's first university was established in Takshashila in 700BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects. The University of Nalanda built in the 4th century BC was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.
• Chess was invented in India.
• Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus are studies, which originated in India.
• The largest employer in the world is the Indian Railways, employing over a million people.
• Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to mankind. The Father of Medicine, Charaka, consolidated Ayurveda 2500 years ago.India was one of the richest countries till the time of British rule in the early 17th Century. Christopher Columbus, attracted by India's wealth, had come looking for a sea route to India when he discovered America by mistake.
• Until 1896, India was the only source of diamonds in the world
• The Vishnu Temple in the city of Tirupathi built in the 10th century, is the world's largest religious pilgrimage destination. Larger than either Rome or Mecca, an average of 30,000 visitors donate $6 million (US) to the temple everyday.
• There are 300,000 active mosques in India, more than in any other country, including the Muslim world.
• Martial Arts were first created in India, and later spread to Asia by Buddhist missionaries.
• Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus also originated in India.Quadratic Equations were used by Sridharacharya in the 11th century. The largest numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 106 whereas Hindus used numbers as big as 10*53 (i.e. 10 to the power of 53) with specific names as early as 5000 B.C.during the Vedic period.Even today, the largest used number is Terra: 10*12(10 to the power of 12).
• Sushruta is the father of surgery. 2600 years ago he and health scientists of his time conducted surgeries like cesareans, cataract, fractures and urinary stones. Usage of anesthesia was well known in ancient India.

SOME FACTS MY AMERICAN FELLOWS CAN FEEL JEALOUS ABOUT-

Indians are the wealthiest among all ethnic groups in America, even faring better than the whites and the natives.

There are 3.22 millions of Indians in USA (1.5% of population). YET,

• 38% of doctors in USA are Indians.

• 12% scientists in USA are Indians.

• 36% of NASA scientists are Indians.

• 34% of Microsoft employees are Indians.

• 28% of IBM employees are Indians.

• 17% of INTEL scientists are Indians.

• 13% of XEROX employees are Indians.

  USA based

  IEEE has proved what has been a century-old suspicion amongst academics that the pioneer of wireless communication was Professor Jagdeesh Bose and not Marconi.So u can owe mr jagdeesh bose a smile next time you use your cell phone.

  FAMOUS QUOTES ON INDIA

  We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made.

  Albert Einstein.

  India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend and the great grand mother of tradition.

  Mark Twain.

  If there is one place on the face of earth where all dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India.

  French scholar Romain Rolland.

  India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border.

  Hu Shih. (Former Chinese ambassador to USA)