世界商业报道[biz.icxo.com]消息：比尔·盖茨如今已无法继续占据全球首富之位。根据最近的一项调查，来自墨西哥的电信业巨头卡洛斯·斯利姆今年第二季度个人财富已经达到678亿美元，超过了微软公司创始人比尔·盖茨，成为新任世界首富。
Bill Gates appears to have been dethroned as the worlds richest man. But based on his past comments, he probably isnt disappointed. The Microsoft Corp. chairman and co-founder has been overtaken on the worlds richest list by Mexican telecommunications tycoon Carlos Slim, according to a Mexican financial news service quoted by Reuters.
A 27 percent surge in the stock price of Slims wireless company, American Movil, in the second quarter has put his worth at close to $67.8 billion, Reuters reported Tuesday.
Reuters quoted financial tracker Eduardo Garcia, from Sentido Comun, an online financial publication. Garcia estimated that Gates was worth $59.2 billion, Reuters reported.
At a Microsoft conference in Redmond last year, advertising executive and TV host Donny Deutsch asked Gates if he would be upset if someday he were no longer the worlds richest man.
I wish I wasnt, Gates replied. Theres nothing good that comes out of that.
Its better than being second, Deutsch said.
No, Gates replied. You get more visibility as a result of it.
On this springs Forbes list, Slim was just behind Warren Buffett, an investor and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, who had been second on the list for years.
Forbes reported then that Gates, who had topped its list for 13 years, and Buffett were quickly losing ground to Slim. In April, Forbes reported that Slim had overtaken Buffett and was on his way to passing Gates.
