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Posted on March 9, 2011 | tags

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$74
billion the total worth of extremely rich Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim
$20
billion the increase in the dude’s fortune THIS YEAR ALONE source

» Widening his lead: Carlos Slim has not only benefited by expanding his own personal wealth (we’re sure that New York Times investment was a huge part of all that … heh), but the two guys directly behind him – Bill Gates and Warren Buffett – have been giving away much of their wealth lately. Slim has too, but he’s kept a tighter grip on it than those two.

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