Slim Tops Gates and Buffett as World's Richest Man - DealBook Blog - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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The Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim Helú has taken the top spot in the Forbes annual rankings of the richest billionaires in the world,
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erives much of his fortune from his telecommunications businesses, including the big wireless operator América Móvil.
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Two of the three richest men in the world derive their fortunes, in large part, from the information business: Carlos Slim (king of Mexican telecommunications) and Bill Gates (well, we all know what he does). How much power do these two hold over the architecture, policies and whereabouts of the web? NOTE: the fact that the richest man in the world comes from a country with 80 million poor people is in itself a worthy discussion topic.