New billionairs on Forbes list due to technology
There’s still hope! There should be no surprise who heads the top of Forbes magazine’s annual list of the world’s billionaires in 2006--it’s still Bill Gates. The Microsoft chairman is the richest man for the 12th year in a row and grew his fortune to US$50 billion from last year’s US$46.5 billion. But lower down the list are some new additions from the world of technology including the cofounder and chairman of Indian software giant Infosys, Narayana Murthy, and the heads of Taiwan’s High-Tech Computer and Via Technologies, Cher Wang and Wenchi Chen. Oracle’s Larry Ellison is no longer in the top 10, with his net worth falling to US$16 billion to give him 15th place. What a shame. Only $16 billion.