03/11/2009. Forbes Magazine's 2009 list of the world's billionaires saw the total number of them drop to 793 from 1,125 in 2008.
Steve Forbes, chairman, CEO and editor-in-chief of the Forbes Magazine, attends a news conference in New York, the U.S., on March 11, 2009. Forbes Magazine's 2009 list of the world's billionaires saw the total number of them drop to 793 from 1,125 in 2008, the first year-to-year decrease since 2003. Bill Gates returned to the top of the list with a total net worth of 40 billion dollars. Ironically, he reclaimed the crown because he suffered less loss than Warren Buffett, last year's richest man. (Xinhua/Shen Hong
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