World's Richest People and Their Key to Success


Bangalore: One key that each and every person wants to discover is the key to success. Let us hear it from the people themselves who are considered as the richest and most successful in the world. Business Insider lists 10 richest people in the world and their famous success quotes. 

1. Carlos Slim

Carlos Slim ranks top in the list of world’s richest men according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index in 2012 with an estimated worth of $75.5 billion. He started his carrier as a trader in Mexico and formed his own brokerage firm, which further prolonged to invest in construction, individual business, manufacturing, retail etc.

 Slim defines his success as, “When you live for others' opinions, you are dead. I don't want to live thinking about how I'll be remembered" quoted by Business Insider. 

2. Bill Gates

William Henry "Bill" Gates III, is America’s richest man and second in the world. Though Gates’ family had a law carrier in their mind for him, but Gates chose what he was meant for. At 13 he wrote his first computer program for General Electronics, tic-tac-toe, a basic game that allowed users to play against the computer. Gates was very much spellbound by the machine and recalling the moment he states, "There was just something neat about the machine”. 

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