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| Carlos Slim Helu |
In 2012, the richest man on earth award was won by Carlos Slim Helu, a Mexican born in
1940. He earns his $69 billion through communications, technology, finance,
retailing, and through his position as chairman and Chief Executive of a mobile phone carrier named America
Movil and a telecommunications company called Telmex.
Despite philanthropic efforts, Slim has been criticized for
his wealth, as Mexico has a high poverty rate. It is thought that Telmex has
monopolised the landline telecommunications market.
Carlos Slim Helu has worked in esteemed positions in the
Mexican Stock Exchange, for which he was vice-president, and the New York Stock Exchange
Administrative council, where he was the president for two years in the late
90s.
Slim has not only had great success within the stock exchange, he sponsors the Formula One Sauber
team and there were rumours in 2008 that he was interested in buying the Honda
team.
Carlos Slim Helu is clearly very successful, in business, personal and philanthropic areas. It
is clear to see why this man has made his way past Bill Gates, I only wonder,
"but for how long?" now the game continues as the search for 2013
richest person on earth continue.
Be that change your society is searching for, I tell you,
there is no failure anywhere in the world there are only men without ideas.
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