Carlos Slim is a Mexican engineer, businessman and philanthropist. He was born in 28th January, 1940. Carlos Slim is known as Carlos Slim Helú. Carlos Slim Helu operates the biggest telecommunication network in Mexico. According to a Forbes top, Mexican Carlos Slim became the richest man in the world. He has estimated wealth of 53.5 billion dollars (£36 billion). A non US citizen, Carlos Slim has become no. 1 spot first time since 1994.

Snap of the world's richest man Carlos Slim:

Carlos Slim has amalgamated his fixed-line assets into America Movil (AMX), Latin America's biggest mobile-phone company with regulatory approval. His construction corporation builds roads and energy infrastructure under Impulsora del Desarrollo y el Empleo. After coming in third position last year, Mexico's telecom tycoon is the world's richest person for first time that swooped on privatization of the national telephone company in the 1990s.

Stakes in financial group Inbursa (GPFOY), Bronco Drilling (BNRC), Independent News & Media, Saks (SKS) and The New York Times Co. (NYT) are owned by Son of a Lebanese immigrant. The rumor is that Carlos Slim might buy a controlling stake to pop Newspaper Company’s in early March. With American billionaire philanthropist Eli Broad, he contributes $65 million for the research project in genomic medicine.

Snap of the 10 richest men in the world:

Bill Gates is on the 2nd position with just $500 million short of Slim's net worth and Warren Buffet is on the 3rd position with net worth of $47 billion. With net worth of $29 billion, India's Mukesh Ambani is in the 4th position and the UK-based Lakshmi Mittal of ArcelorMittal at 5th position with net worth of $28.7 billion. Lawrence Ellison is on the 6th position and Bernard Arnault is on the 7th position. Eike Batista, Amancio Ortega and Karl Albrecht are at the 8th, 9th and 10th position respectively.

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