People have been saying this was the case for a while now, but it’s officially official…Forbes magazine has named Mexican telecommunications and everything else mogul Carlos “Slim” Helu the “World’s Richest Man”. According to the mag:
For the third time in three years, the world has a new richest man. Riding surging prices of his various telecom holdings, including giant mobile outfit America Movil, Mexican tycoon Carlo Slim Helu has beaten out Americans Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to become the wealthiest person on earth and nab the top spot on the 2010 Forbes list of the World’s Billionaires.
Slim’s fortune has swelled to an estimated $53.5 billion, up $18.5 billion in 12 months. Shares of America Movil, of which Slim owns a $23 billion stake, were up 35% in a year. That massive hoard of scratch puts him ahead of Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates, who had held the title of world’s richest 14 of the past 15 years. Gates, now worth $53 billion, is ranked second in the world. He is up $13 billion from a year ago as shares of Microsoft rose 50% in 12 months.
This is the first time a non American has been on top of the list since 1994, check out the video report HERE.
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not sure why my account has not handed forbes my figures, no reason why this dude “slim” has taken my spot !
bout to crash a new ferrari into a random local barber spot and dare them suckas to say something !
*throwing 100 dolla bills in the air, chea* !!!
$53 BILLION?! CRAZY!
the real crazy thing i…bill gates been retired for almost 4 years!!
and warren buffet gave literally HALF his billions to bill gates charity…and HE STILL on the list!
come on jay and puff you can beat these guys!!
Cocaina!
Cash. Rules. Everything. Around. Me CREAM
Get the money dolla dolla bill Yall
My 401k has about $250k in it and i’m in my late 30s. Damn… I took my life in the completely wrong direction… plus my baby’s mother is killing me!
Hey lifers… what you got?
I hate reading this stuff…makes me depressed to take home only a grand every pay day. But i gots a job so…. But this is also motivation to work harder. And how bout this guy give this money to some of his people down there, they wont have to jump the fence.
aiight so let me get this straight… this dude made 18.5 BILLION dollars in 12 months? Let’s put this into perspective, that’s like the whole GDP of Mexico… they must have meant 18.5 billion pesos… which would make more since, for his sake.
i kid, i kid…
before you fact checkers go BALLISTIC and start posting mexican financial stats and shit.
that wealthy from ‘telecommunications’ in what is basically becoming a 3rd world country w/ all the cartels, kidnappings, trafficking, etc.?!…in the words of dave chappelle…”word, son?!…that’s the best you could come up with?!”
VIVA MEXICO!! lol
What’s even more crazy is he could take half of that and rebuild his country, or at least give it a kick start.
Well I know I wouldn’t even make the bottom of that list because…..well look at my name