Forbes magazine’s top billionaires worldwide by rank in net worth

Carlos Slim: $69 billion, telecommunications

Bill Gates: $61 billion, Microsoft Corp.

Warren Buffett: $44 billion, Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

Bernard Arnault: $41 billion, LVMH Moet Hennessy

Armancio Ortega $37.5 billion, Zara International

Larry Ellison $36 billion, Oracle Corp.

Eike Batista $30 billion, mining and oil industries

Stefan Persson $26 billion, clothing chain H&M

Li Ka-shing $25.5 billion, diversified industries

Karl Albrecht $25.4 billion, discount supermarket chain Aldi Group

And new to the list is  Billionaire Spanx inventor Sara Blakely, a billionaire at 41 years old, making her the youngest woman on the latest Forbes magazine billionaires list .