It is thanks to the “fourth power” that we can learn the news and savor the details of the personal lives of the stars and the powers that be. Thanks to the work of the media, it is not a secret for us who the richest person in the world is.
Who does not like to discuss the rich and famous? Not belonging to the class of these people, a huge number of ordinary citizens love to study the pages of glossy magazines with images and interviews of the rich and famous. The richest man in the world - this is what more magazines and newspapers are watching than this man himself. A lover of making lists of this kind is the popular and reputable Forbes magazine. It is difficult to say whether the opinion of the press is objective, because much remains behind the scenes, and only a beautifully packaged gift falls into the hands, or rather, into the eyes of the public. Therefore, to judge who is the richest man in the world, it is necessary only according to the data given to the people by the “fourth power”.
It is worth noting that, despite the unrest due to the global economic crisis, calm and stability are observed in the ranks of more than wealthy people in the world. Carlos Slim Elu, as a publication such as Forbes claims from his pages, is the richest man in the world. As a Mexican, he owns a telecommunications giant empire called America Movil. At the time of the magazine’s release (March 4), its capital increased by $ 4 billion compared to the previous year. A year ago, in 2012, the state of Carlos Slim Elu was 69 billion. The Mexican has been steadily holding his position for four years now. In addition to the main television business, the tycoon masters other expanses, acquiring shares in the coal industry, real estate, football clubs and tobacco enterprises. Carlos also has a share in America’s most famous and independent New York Times.
On the second line of the hit chart "The Richest Man in the World", the American "tamer" of cars with intelligence, the founder of Microsoft and the most popular operating system, Bill Gates, has comfortably settled down. The capital of this IT genius is 67 billion in the national currency of the United States. It should be noted that the computer genius for a long time steadfastly held the first positions of the list until it was overtaken by the Mexican telecommunications owner. To date, Bill Gates is giving more and more time to his family and charity.
All over the world, clothing of excellent quality with the beautiful name "Zara" is very popular. The owner of this brand and the founder of Inditex, Amancio Ortege triumphantly climbed to the third step of the podium in the race for the title "The richest man in the world." Thanks to the same brand, his fortune in one year almost doubled and amounted to 57 billion US dollars. This businessman became the richest man in Europe, taking the palm of Bernardo Arno. Ortega pushed the famous American businessman Warren Buffett off the podium. He and his “stylish” fortune of 53 and a half billion are now in fourth place on the Forbes list, a magazine that only features the powers that be.
The richest Russian businessman takes 34th place in the updated hit parade. This man is the "iron" tycoon "Metallinvest" and the director general of the largest holding "Gazprom" Alisher Usmanov. To date, his fortune is more than 17 billion US dollars. Following him is Mikhail Fridman, and Leonid Mikhelson closes the top three Russian billionaires. The state of each is estimated at 16.5 and 15.4 billion, respectively.
It is worth saying that even in the aggregate, the three leaders of the list “The Richest Man in the World” will not be able to catch up with John Rockefeller, whose fortune amounted to almost 300 billion dollars.
