BILL Gates has recovered his spot at the top of the US money heap, displacing his friend, investor Warren Buffett, as America’s richest person — for the 15th year in a row.<\/p>\n
Forbes magazine’s latest list reveals that with 57-billion (R468-billion) net worth, the Microsoft founder again leads the list of 400 richest individuals in the world’s wealthiest country. <\/p>\n
He displaced Buffett, who briefly held the position this year, but whose Berkshire Hathaway investment group’s shares have slipped 15 percent since February. He is now worth only 50-billion.<\/p>\n
Forbes’s “ golden 400s” combined net worth rose only 30-billion, or two percent, to 1.57-trillion — with 31 new members entering the ultra-rich club.<\/p>\n
A notable new arrival was Mark Zuckerberg, 24, founder of social networking site Facebook. Forbes estimates his worth at 1.5-billion. Forbes cautioned that the list does not take into account the most recent setbacks on the stock market.<\/p>\n