... Lakshmi Mittal are numbers one, two and three in this year's Forbes' billionaires list.
In raw dollars, no one had a better year that Lakshmi Mittal.The London-based, Rajasthan-born steel baron was the biggest dollar gainer on this year's listing of the world's billionaires, adding $18.8 billion to his net worth.
That took him to $25 billion, sufficient to vault the 54-year old Mittal a full 59 places up the billionaire ranks, making him the third-richest man on the planet. [cite]
That puts him just ahead of Saudi Arabia's Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud and the head of Ikea. He is roughly 35 times as wealthy as the Queen of England. Rumors persist that he is planning to marry Famke Jansen and change his last name to Onatopp. Similar rumors persist that you can get in touch with Mr. Mittal by leaving a comment in this blog asking for his email address, and that Bill Gates is giving away money to anybody who forwards chain emails claiming to be from him.
Read Forbes on Mittal, or see our previous posts about him: Worldâs biggest steel company will be desi-owned, Forbes names Indiaâs richest.
