Forbes rich list 2013 - in pictures

Carlos Slim Helu, $73bn. The Mexican telecoms magnate remains at the top of the list for the fourth year running, beating Microsoft's Bill Gates into second place. He is worth $4bn more than in 2012 Photograph: Henry Tomero/Reuters

Bill Gates holds the second place slot for another year, with a fortune of $67bn Photograph: Henry Romero/Reuters

In at number three: Amancio Ortega, $57bn. The 76-year-old former chairman of Inditex - best known for the Zara brand - is the year's biggest climber, as his fortune rose by more than $19bn. The Spaniard owns 60% of Inditex shares Photograph: Dusko Despotovic/Sygma/Corbis

Warren Buffett, $55.5bn. The Sage of Omaha drops out of the top three for the first time in 13 years. The investor is a noted philanthropist and gave away $1.5bn to the Gates Foundation in July 2012 Photograph: Nati Harnik/AP

Isabel dos Santos, $2bn. A new entrant and the richest woman in Africa, dos Santos is the 40-year-old daughter of the Anglona president Jose Eduard dos Santos. She owns a 25% stake in Unitel, a mobile phone network that is worth $1bn Photograph: Bruno Fonseca/Epa/Corbis

Renzo Rosso, $3bn. The Italian designer who co-founded Diesel 23 years ago has been snapping up stakes in high-end fashion houses for the past decade. His core business, Diesel, is worth £2bn Photograph: Rex Features/Sipa Press

Liliane Bettencourt, $30bn. L'Oreal heiress, 90-year-old Bettencourt is the richest woman on the list. Her family is currently embroiled in legal battles over who takes control of her fortune Photograph: Jacques Brinon/AP

Biggest loser: Eike Batista, $10.6bn. Batista, once the richest man in Brazil thanks to his mining and oil interests, saw his wealth drop by $19.4bn - $50m a day - in the past 12 months. He went from seventh in the list to 100th Photograph: Sergio Moraes/Reuters

New entrant: Tory Burch, $1bn. The 46-year-old American fashion designers is a self-made billionaire thanks for her womenswear brand Photograph: Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic

Saudi investor Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has severed ties with the Forbes rich list, claiming that it understated his wealth at $20bn. Alwaleed estimates his own wealth at $29.6bn, which would catapult him into the top 10 of the magazine's richest people on the planet Photograph: Ahmed Jadallah /Reuters