Bill Gates was introduced as the world's richest person in the year 2007.After 5 years at present he has retaken the title world's richest person in the year 2013.On calculating the index his luck was about $72.7 billion at 4 p.m. in New York.
Gates, 57, was more than $550 million ahead of Carlos Slim, who has a $72.1 billion net worth.Slims luck has reduced to $2 millions today.Bills shares hit a five-year high today, and have advanced 28 percent year-to-date.
Gates’s fortune has also benefited from a rally in stock holdings that include the Canadian National Railway Co. and waste-collection company Republic Services Inc (RSG).
He holds entity that he owns more than dozen publicly traded companies,including Four Seasons hotels and Corbis Corp.His another great luck is Microsoft.