The World’s richest man is Carlos Slim Helu according to Forbes. Carlos Slim, the Mexican telecommunication mogul is worth about $53.5 billion!
more billionaires after the jump…
This is the first time that someone from a developing nation tops Forbes’ list of millionaires. Mexican telecommunication tycoon Carlos Slim, 70 beat out Bill Gates, the Microsoft man and Warren Buffett, the stock wizard on the list.
2. Bill Gates (Microsoft) $53 billion
3. Warren Buffett (Berkshire Hathaway) $47 billion
Maybe Mr. Slim can make a donation to me, you think?
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Carlos Slim is definitely old school. He’s of the tried and true “guerrilla billionaire” strategy: buy lots of businesses and either keep them for the cash flow or fix ‘em up and sell them. The goal is to make money off a lot of deals instead of a killing on just one.