World's Richest Men, Bill Gates At The Top - Forbes magazine's chief editor and chair person Steve Forbes attended the news conference in New York in 2009. In This conference he told that amount of billionaires decreased in 2009. This is the first time that decreasing is seen. Only 44 people's properties increased in 2009 out of 656. This is due to economic crisis. Bill Gates the founder of Microsoft is at the top of the list who has 40 Billion Dollar's Property.