There are 332 billionaires of last year who are no where in the Forbes list, due to the crashing stock and commodities market across the globe. The Forbes list of billionaires lost an average of 23% of their wealth last year due to global meltdown.
Also, the meltdown has helped Bill Gates regain his coveted richest person in the world post, over taking Warren Buffet by a 3 billion margin. At the end of the day, genuine growth of MS will stand a good stead with Bill Gates for long time to come.