Forbes Billionaires List 2008 - Buffett Leads the Pack

This dapper gent is the world's richest man. (Photo courtesty Wikipedia)

Warren Buffett is a simple man. He lives in an old house and drinks Cherry Cokes. Oh, and he's worth $62 billion, according to the latest Forbes Billionaires list. That makes the super investor the world's richest man, even richer than Microsoft's Bill Gates ($58 billion) and Mexican telecom giant Carlos Slim Helu ($60 billion).

Gates had been the world's richest man for 13 years, but then Microsoft went out and made a bid for Yahoo. The shareholders didn't like that and the stock tumbled. Now Gates has to shop at Wal-Mart. Very sad, very sad.

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