Fashion tycoon Amancio Ortega, owner of clothing chain Zara, has toppled Warren Buffett in the place the world's third richest man, with a fortune of ?30billion.

　　Zara服裝連鎖店老總、時尚教主阿曼西奧?奧特加取代沃倫?巴菲特成為世界第三首富，身家達300億英鎊。

　　The 76-year-old Spaniard bumped the Oracle of Omaha off the podium after shares in his retail giant Inditex gained 3.8 percent yesterday to close at a record high, pushing his net worth up by around ?1billion.

　　昨天，零售業巨頭Inditex集團的股票上漲了3.8%,其收盤價創歷史新高，使得這位76歲的西班牙人財富凈增約10億英鎊，將“奧馬哈先知”巴菲特趕下了第三位寶座。

　　The news of the tycoon's fortune comes as Spain tries to cope with an unemployment level of nearly 20 percent and a beleaguered government which seems just days from asking for an European bailout.

　　消息傳來時，西班牙正竭力應對國內高達20%的失業率，而備受攻擊的西班牙政府似乎離向歐盟請求緊急援助的日子也不遠了。

　　With a fortune estimated now at ?29.7billion, Mr Ortega narrowly pushes philanthropist Mr Buffett, chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, who is worth an estimated ?29.1billion, off third place.

　　據估計奧特加目前的財富約有297億英鎊，以微弱優勢將資産291億英鎊的慈善家巴菲特擠出前三位。巴菲特現任伯克希爾?哈撒韋保險公司總裁。

　　Despite their enormous wealth, each of them would have to nearly double their personal wealth to take Mexican telecoms tycoon Carlos Slim's crown as the world's richest man.

　　不過儘管兩人都擁有鉅額財富，但要想坐上墨西哥電信巨頭卡洛斯?斯林姆世界首富的寶座，還得把目前的個人財富翻倍才行。

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