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Enter · **World's Richest Man - Carlos Slim. Bill Gate No 2 now -** 08-06-2007, 10:40 PM

MEXICO CITY - Mexican telecom billionaire Carlos Slim has overtaken Microsoft founder Bill Gates as the world's wealthiest man with riches of US$59 billion. Fortune magazine said on Monday.
Fortune, which tracks the performance of the world's top companies, said Mr Slim has increased his net worth by US$12 billion so far this year based on the market value of his companies listed on stock exchanges.

In an online profile of Mr Slim, 67, Fortune said he had a fortune of US$59 billion based on the value of his public holdings at the end of July.

Mr Gates, the Microsoft founder and perennial No. 1, had a net worth estimated to be at least US$58 billion, the magazine said.

Mr Slim, the son of a Lebanese immigrant, owns Latin America's largest cell phone company America Movil.

Fortune said Mr Slim's companies, ranging from a restaurant chain to a bank, made up a third of the Mexican stock market and his family's holdings represented more than 5 per cent of Mexico's gross domestic product last year.

In July, a respected Mexican financial journalist announced that Mr Slim had overtaken Mr Gates as the world's richest man but the magnate said he did not care.

'It's water off a duck's back to me,' the cigar-smoking Slim told foreign correspondents last week. 'I don't know if I'm No. 1, No. 20, or No. 2,000. It doesn't matter.'

Mr Gates and billionaire United States investor Warren Buffett, who was the second-richest person in the world until Mr Slim overtook him this year, have been giving more of their money to charity in recent years.

Mr Slim also backs philanthropic causes and last week announced a US$300 million plan to build 100 schools in Mexico, but says he does more good by creating wealth and jobs through his own companies. -- REUTERS

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Sardientje · 08-07-2007, 02:49 AM

poor bill :lol:

Dragonis · 08-07-2007, 03:42 AM

my god so much money.. Could he lend me like $1million... cmon thats chump change to that guy, and it would keep me set for the rest of my life.

Enter · 08-07-2007, 07:23 AM

without working ? :P

Dragonis · 08-07-2007, 02:36 PM

lol yeah without working :P Id just invest all the money and sit comfortably while it gains intrest and such. Stock market here I come

romoriot · 08-07-2007, 03:21 PM

I hate that fucker... he bought Comp USA... with Comp USA he bought The Good Guys... Closed the Good Guys... I LOST MY JOB... Fucker needs to drop

Enter · 08-07-2007, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by romoriot

I hate that ****... he bought Comp USA... with Comp USA he bought The Good Guys... Closed the Good Guys... I LOST MY JOB... **** needs to drop

chill it ... i hope u get another better job

Vahvel · 08-08-2007, 02:56 AM

Bill got pwned, now Bill is mad, he will use his ub3r 1337 h2xxz0r 5k1llz to pwn Carlos Slim. :evil:

burtonz · 08-08-2007, 08:15 PM

ahahahahaah
i thought bill had 100 billion
wtf
58 bill
thats bull
ppl been lien to me
:x