Bill Gates regains title as 'Richest Person in the World'

Forbes has released it's new list of the "Richest People in the World." It was reported that a year ago there were 1,125 billionaires in the world. Now there are 793. That is a 30% decline.

Even with a loss of $18 billion, Bill Gates regained his title as the "Richest Person in the World."

Here are some stats about Bill Gates from Forbes.
 

• His net worth is $40 billion
• He is 53 years old
• His source of income is Microsoft
• He is married with 3 children

More:

• Software visionary regains title as the world's richest man despite losing $18 billion in the past 12 months.
• Stepped down from day-to-day duties at Microsoft last summer to devote his talents and riches to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
• Organization's assets were $30 billion in January; annual letter lauds endowment manager Michael Larson for limiting last year's losses to 20%.
• Gates decided to increase donations in 2009 to $3.8 billion, up 15% from 2008. (My emphasis)
• Dedicated to fighting hunger in developing countries, improving education in America's high schools and developing vaccines against malaria, tuberculosis and AIDS. (My emphasis)
• Appointed Microsoft Office veteran Jeffrey Raikes chief executive of Gates Foundation in September. Gates remains Microsoft chairman.
• Sells shares each quarter, redeploys proceeds via investment vehicle Cascade; more than half of fortune invested outside Microsoft.
• Stock down 45% in past 12 months.
• "Creative capitalist" wants companies to match profit making with doing good. (My emphasis)