[COUNTrecount]

Doing the job an American used to do.

[NonValueAdded]

Such an vibrant economy they must have ... why, Americans will flock across the border in hopes to work for that man. /tu

[Red Badger]

Who said “Talk is cheap”?........

[mtbopfuyn]

Good, now he can invest in Mexico’s future... or keep it all for himself.

[Obadiah]

I’d like to see an in depth, honest assesment of his wealth. Mexico is well known for corruption with wealth being consentrated in the hands of a very select few nationwide.

[HEY4QDEMS]

his fortune to an estimated $67.8bn (£33.6bn) - equivalent to 8% of Mexico's gross domestic product - compared with $59.2bn for the Microsoft mogul, putting him in the lead by a decisive $8.6bn.


Well,.... I have dental.

[Sir Hailstone]

Carlos Slim I believe is the moneyman behind Telmex and he bought the CompUSA computer store chain and took it private.

[Mr. Jeeves]

Hey, it's George W. Bush's boss! ;)

Gates has been putting a lot of money into his foundation - I think old-style monopolist Slim isn't quite so interested in charity.

[RexBeach]

Ah, si, Senor Slim. Mucho bueno.

He looks like Michael Moore’s older brother.

His stock has gone to Pluto! It HAS BEEN a good investment.

[theFIRMbss]

>Microsoft founder Bill Gates looks to have lost his title as the world's richest man, toppled from top spot by the Mexican telecoms tycoon Carlos Slim

And neither one of these stingy bastards will pay to support a yacht in the races for the America's Cup prize! But Ellison does!

[LEARNED FOREVER]

"Mexican tycoon overtakes Bill Gates as world's richest man"

Don't tell me.Let me guess.

He got his start as an illegal alien.

[VOA]

Doing the job an American used to do.

At least in the case of TracPhone, Senor Slim did the job that
American (companies) REFUSED TO DO.

To follow the lead of economist Walter Williams, Senor Slim made his
money "by pleasing his fellow man".
By making cellphone service a simple service without the indentured
servitude of two-year contracts, credit checks and all the extraneous
Bravo Sierra served up as the standard
"take it or leave it" attitude of Cingular/ATT, Verizon, Sprint, et al.

[dfwgator]

“My name is, my name is, Slim Shady.”

[AngelesCrestHighway]

What a joke!...The country that gives us all it’s poor sprouts the worlds richest man...So what? Not impressed at all.

[Revolting cat!]

I wonder if Senor Slim is related to this Slim?

[wardaddy]

not that it matters

but I’m not sure I buy this

[ErnBatavia]

Any relation?

[wardaddy]

what sort of name is Slim?

never heard a Mexican named so....not Fox either for that matter

Fox is an aberration of German for Fochs or Fuchs I think

[Cicero]

Here’s Forbes’s map of the world’s richest people. Note the very tall pile of billionaires in Mexico.

http://www.forbes.com/finance/lists/10/2001/charts1.jhtml?passListId=10&passYear=2001&passListType=Person

As I’ve said many times, Mexico has incredible wealth, including at least eleven billionaire families. Substantial reserves of oil. Numerous rich gold and silver mines. Thousands of miles of beautiful coast for tourist resorts. Farms, pasture, mountains, lakes.

Why the hell can’t they straighten out their own damned country instead of grinding them down and sending them all here?

[angelcindy]

His empire includes a budget airline, Volaris, a cigarette company, Cigatam, a music retailer, MixUp, and an internet service provider, Prodigy.

[Puddleglum]

decadent, decadent Mexico!