Okay, he’s not my uncle, but I wouldn’t mine a bit if he calls me his nephew. After reigning as the richest man in the world for a measly 13 years, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is now ranked No. 3 in the world. Gates, who is now ONLY worth $58 billion, is trailing Warren Buffet, and Carlos Slim Helu for the title, richest man.

He is up $2 billion from a year ago and would have been perhaps as rich — or richer — than Buffett had Microsoft not made an unsolicited bid for Yahoo (YHOO, news, msgs) at the beginning of February. (Microsoft is the publisher of MSN Money.)

What’s more amazing is the fact that Bill Gates is actually 2 billion richer from a year ago, and still came in third. Head over to MSN Money.com for the complete list of billionaires. I tried to look for Doug on the list, but so far I’m still looking.

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