Oprah Winfrey takes back her crown while pop chart phenomenon Lady Gaga catapults to No. 4 on this year's Celebrity 100.
For the third time in three years, the world has a new richest man.
The global economic downturn was bad news for most businesses but not for the one belonging to Australian trucking billionaire Lindsay Fox.
Iron ore magnate Andrew Forrest has more than doubled his wealth to reclaim the title of the nation's richest person from gaming tycoon James Packer, according to the latest Australia Rich list published by Forbes Asia.
Even as most billionaires saw their wealth increase in 2009 along with rising stock markets, some remain cautious and believe that 2010 will continue to test the global economy.
Let's face it; we all don't make millions of dollars a year, and the odds are that most of us won't receive a large windfall inheritance either
For only the fifth time since 1982, the collective net worth of The Forbes 400 has declined, falling $300 billion in the past 12 months
The world has become a wealth wasteland. Like the rest of us, the richest people in the world have endured a financial disaster over the past year
If you were sold on the market tomorrow, how much would you go for? What price tag would swing from your neck? Would it be $25 or $2 million?
Twice voted Australia's Most Admired Woman, Ita Buttrose is a doyenne of Australian publishing