Forbes Billionaires List 2008 – Buffett Leads the Pack

by Bodog Beat News Ticker  |  March 6th, 2008

Warren Buffett

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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  1. Posted By Forbes Billionaire 2008 List
    March 6th, 2008 at 1:22 pm

    Its great to see this analogy about the 13 years in this list.

  2. Posted By tengku bahauddeen malaysia
    April 11th, 2008 at 2:31 pm

    Crazy isn't it for Warren Buffet to make all those billions and donate it all away .Only a person with strong convictions and beliefs can do so.God almighty have inspired him so and may he be blessed with long life and good health in this world and salvation in the hereafter.
    Bill gates is another angel on earth with his foundation.May god almighty bless all of these Billionaire personalities whom gave unselfishly to the good of mankind as mother theresa with extremely limited means gave .
    AMEN

  3. Posted By tengku bahauddeen malaysia
    April 11th, 2008 at 2:45 pm

    Crazy isn't it for Warren Buffet to make all those billions and donate it all away .Only a person with strong convictions and beliefs can do so.God almighty have inspired him so and may he be blessed with long life and good health in this world and salvation in the hereafter God willing
    Bill gates is another angel on earth with his foundation.May God Almighty bless all of these Billionaire personalities whom gave unselfishly to the good of mankind as mother theresa have done so with extremely limited .
    Not many people know this but Prince Awaleed Talal from Saudi Arabia is another angel, whom donates and have helped hundreds and thousands in his homeland of Saudi Arabia and he personally attends to it too.
    In Malaysia we have our own Alwaleed in Syed Mokhtar Bukhary via his Bukhary foundation whom supports hundreds of orphans in education, builds mosques etc3 .God gives more to those generous ones and it may not be just monetarily but it may be in good health,peace of mind and which is more than all the billions one may have .
    AMEN