Carlos Slim Helu - World's Richest Man?

[omad]

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Carlos Slim's Embarrassment of Riches
Wednesday, Jul. 11, 2007
By TIM PADGETT

Carlos Slim isn't just Mexico's richest man — he possesses an astronomical 8% of the country's GDP. So it's not surprising that Eduardo Garcia, one of Mexico's most respected business journalists and the editor-founder of the online financial publication Sentido Comun (Common Sense), last year started a quarterly feature called Slim Watch. It tracks the telecom baron's swelling fortune as well as his companies' alleged monopolistic practices. And this month Slim Watch claims to make it official: Slim, 67, has now passed Microsoft founder Bill Gates as the world's richest man.

Earlier this year, Forbes Magazine reported that Slim, at $53 billion, had surpassed investment guru Warren Buffett as No. 2, but still behind Gates and his $56 billion. Since then, however, the rising value of stock in Slim-controlled giants like Telmex, Mexico's largest telephone company, America Movil, Latin America's largest cell phone company, as well as numerous other holdings — from retail to offshore drilling rigs — have raised Slim's wealth to almost $63 billion, Garcia reports. "My numbers are much higher than Forbes'," Garcia concedes, adding that he would also put Gates' current fortune at $59 billion. "But based on what is publicly traded in Mexico, I'm certain this is an accurate calculation [of Slim's wealth]." Forbes has not yet said if it will revise its list as a result of Garcia's report.

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[omad]

is this Bill Gates' last hoorah as the leader on this prestigious list while Microsoft is facing tough competition in some of their product lines? is this just a temporary thing while Slim's companies' stocks value are rising? it's just weird to read the next Forbes list and not seeing Gates' name on the no. 1 spot, which if I'm not mistaken, he held for a decade or so.

[YJOB]

unsa kaha'y klase sa kinabuhi ani mga tawhana no?

malipay pa kaha ni sila makadawat birthday card?

;D

[rudjard]

unsa kaha'y klase sa kinabuhi ani mga tawhana no?

malipay pa kaha ni sila makadawat birthday card?

;D

last time i saw bill gates and warren buffet inteview sa tv "back to school" where these two giants were asked questions from the selected students US-wide. i think they do appriciate to receive thank you, bday card, mga small things they appreciate it. they look so ordinary Americans wearing only long sleeves, tie and slacks. d gyd ka katuo ni warren buffet one of the riches man, drinking coke-in-can sa interview.

dli ko katuo nga na surpass cla aning tag Mexico wla cgro ni mogamit Microsoft sa iyang mga business

[YJOB]

aw hinuon, may possibility nga ang mga medyo-datu maoy mga class ug mga nagpa-sosyal sosyal.

[Gwynhuever]

watch out...ako prediction sunod kay Dick Cheney....inig ka human sa iya term as VP....grabe ang gi na rake nga cuarta sa Haliburton karon...rebuilding Iraq tahay....

[SamuraiArcher]

i don't think slim will surpass Bill Gates.....

[samsungster]

na-apsan man si uncle bill....

[erwin_rommel]

well, bill gates gave away $29 billion to charity

[Gwynhuever]

^^ ha ha hatag jud sila binilyon bro...kay tax deduction man sad....mo bilib ko sa mga dato nga mo donate nya way strings attached...