Carlos Slim Helu is the richest man in the world, Forbes billionaire list

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Scott G

11 March, 2010

The latest news is the Mexico's Carlos Slim Helu is now the richest man in the world. The 2 decade record of the richest man in the world record has been broken by Carlos Slim. Forbes Billionaire full list 2010 is mentioned here.

The latest news is the Mexico's Carlos Slim Helu is now the richest man in the world. The 2 decade record of the richest man in the world record has been broken by Carlos Slim. People have been searching for Carlos Slim pictures and photographs, videos, who is the richest man in the world, who is Carlos Slim Helu etc.

It is only because of America Movil that Carlos Slim became the richest man in the world.

About 20 years back, Carlos Slim bought the previously Mexican State owned cellphone company America Movil. The shares of Carlos' shares of America Movil rose 53% in one year. The rise resulted in his net worth jumping a whooping $18.5 billion in one year. However, Slim's net worth for 2011 will again be dependent on how high or how low, Movil's stock goes.

Carlos Slim is now worth $53.5 billion, compared to Bill Gates at $53 billion (who rose $13 billion) and Buffet at $47 billion (who rose $10 billion). Forbes said that Carlos Slim Helu has broken 2 records. Carlos Slim is the first non American to top the Forbes list in 16 years. Secondly, Carlos is the first person to be on the top of the Forbes list other than Bill Gates and Warren E. Buffet since 1994.

Forbes Billionaire list 2010 is mentioned here:

1 Carlos Slim Helu Mexico
2 William Gates III USA

3 Warren Buffett USA
4 Mukesh Ambani india
5 Lakshmi Mittal India
6 Lawrence Ellison United States
7 Bernard Arnault France
8 Eike Batista Brazil
9 Amancio Ortega Spain
10 Karl Albrecht Germany
11 Ingvar Kamprad & family Sweden
12 Christy Walton & family United States
13 Stefan Persson Sweden
14 Li Ka-shing Hong Kong
15 Jim Walton United States
16 Alice Walton United States
17 Liliane Bettencourt France
18 S. Robson Walton United States
19 Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud Saudi Arabia
20 David Thomson & family Canada

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Peter

. 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.