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Posted on March 9, 2011 | tags

 
 

Biz: Carlos Slim: The world’s richest person, two years in a row

  • $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.