Forbes' list grows to 1,210 members with Mexico's Carlos Slim Helu retaining his No. 1 crown. Follow the link underneath this gallery for a full story about trends in this year's billionaires list.
Lifetime Honorary Chairman of Telefonos de Mexico Carlos Slim Helu participates in the Wall St. Journal CEO Council on "Rebuilding Global Prosperity" in Washington November 16, 2009. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES BUSINESS) (� Kevin Lamarque / Reuters/Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates takes the stage for a question-and-answer program at an Economic Club of Washington dinner in Washington, March 8, 2011. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: HEADSHOT BUSINESS) (JONATHAN ERNST/JONATHAN ERNST/REUTERS)
Warren Buffett photographed at
An Intimate Evening with David Foster and Friends fundraiser for The David Foster Foundation. Toronto, November 19, 2010. Ryan Enn Hughes For The Globe and Mail (Ryan Enn Hughes/Ryan Enn Hughes for The Globe and Mail)
LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault (BENOIT TESSIER/BENOIT TESSIER/REUTERS)
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison crosses his fingers as he speaks at Oracle World Conference in San Francisco, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2007. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma) (Paul Sakuma/Paul Sakuma/AP)
Lakshmi Mittal, Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO of ArcelorMittal, is pictured prior an Annual General Meeting of shareholders, on May 11, 2010 at ArcelorMittal Headquarters in Luxembourg. The global steel industry is unlikely to see major new tie-ups because there is already significant consolidation in the sector, apart from China, the world's top producer, the head of steel making giant ArcelorMittal said Tuesday. AFP PHOTO /JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN (Photo credit should read JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN/AFP/Getty Images)(Photo Credit should Read /AFP/Getty Images) (JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN/AFP/Getty Images)
Spain's Princess Letizia (R) stands next to chairman of Spanish global fashion giant Inditex, Amancio Ortega, during a visit to an Inditex factory in Coruna, northern Spain December 2, 2008. REUTERS/Miguel Vidal (SPAIN) (� Miguel Vidal / Reuters/Miguel Vidal/ Reuters)
Brazilian industrial magnate Eike Batista listens to a question during the Reuters Latin America Investment Summit in Rio de Janeiro May 3, 2010. Brazilian industrial conglomerate EBX is in talks with Chinese oil companies to build a refinery in Brazil, its billionaire owner Batista told Reuters on Monday. REUTERS/Sergio Moraes (BRAZIL - Tags: POLITICS ENERGY BUSINESS) (� Sergio Moraes / Reuters/Sergio Moraes / Reuters)
Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Industries Limited, addresses a press conference with BP's Chief Executive Bob Dudley and Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg (both not pictured) in central London on February 21, 2011. British energy giant BP said Monday that it will pay $7.2 billion (5.3 billion euros) to Mumbai-based Reliance Industries for a 30-percent stake in 23 Indian oil and gas blocks. AFP PHOTO/BEN STANSALL (Photo credit should read BEN STANSALL/AFP/Getty Images) (BEN STANSALL/AFP/Getty Images)
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