Has the U.S. Outsourced Its Billionaires to the Developing World?

So here is who is on the top of the latest list of billionaires from Forbes Magazine. The U.S. has 3 people on the list, Europe has 3, and the developing world has 4.

Rank	Billionaire	Country	Age	Net Worth ($ Billions)
1	Carlos Slim Helu & family	Mexico	70	53.5
2	William Gates III	United States	54	53.0
3	Warren Buffett	United States	79	47.0
4	Mukesh Ambani	India	52	29.0
5	Lakshmi Mittal	India/UK	59	28.7
6	Lawrence Ellison	United States	65	28.0
7	Bernard Arnault	France	61	27.5
8	Eike Batista	Brazil	53	27.0
9	Amancio Ortega	Spain	74	25.0
10	Karl Albrecht	Germany	90	23.5

In 2000, 6 of the top ten were from the U.S. with 1 each from Germany, Saudi Arabia, Japan, and Canada. What a difference a decade makes.