William your not the only $billionaire too! You also keep your eyes on me because I'm catching up on you too.:-)))
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New York, April 1 (Bloomberg) -- Global Crossing Ltd. Co- chairman Gary Winnick became a billionaire faster than anyone else, taking only one and a half years to earn his first billion dollars with a net worth now of about $4.5 billion, Forbes magazine said. Other billionaires on Forbes' list also acceded to the status in only several years as shares in Internet companies posted strong gains. The other top 10 fastest billionaires in order of ranking are: Ebay Inc. Chairman Pierre Omidyar, Yahoo! Inc. ''Chiefs'' David Filo and Jerry Yang, Amazon.com Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive Jeffrey Bezos, Dell Computer Chairman and Chief Executive Michael Dell, Microsoft Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Bill Gates, Oracle Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Larry Ellison, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive Warren Buffett, and late Wal-Mart Stores Inc. co-founder Sam Walton, Forbes said.
Global Crossing, which sells capacity on its undersea network to other phone companies, agreed last month to buy Frontier Corp., the No. 5 U.S. long-distance carrier, for $12.5 billion to extend its reach in the U.S.
(Forbes 4/19 www.forbes.com)
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