Montana man makes Forbes richest people list

Posted: Mar 11, 2010 7:40 AM
Updated: Mar 11, 2010 5:42 PM

A Montana man has made Forbes Magazine's list of richest people in the world.

The list was released Wednesday with Montana's Dennis Washington is listed as #201 with a net worth of $4.2 billion.  Six other people share that same ranking.

Washington is described as a self-made billionaire. The majority of his wealth is held in Montana Rail Link railroad and Montana Resources copper. 

Also, Bill Gates is no longer the world's richest man, though his net worth rose by $13 billion to $53 billion. Mexican telecom mogul Carlos Slim Helu takes the top spot with a fortune of $53.5 billion.

 

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