Mexican is now richest man in the world

[Hector]

http://edition.cnn.com/2007/BUSINESS/07/03/slim.gates.reut/index.html

That's just great, not only him, but there are ten other multi-billionaires in a country where half the population is in poverty.

Viva la revolucción!!!

:juggleyes_y: :juggleyes_y: :juggleyes_y:

[txteach]

How did this guy surpass Bill Gates? I never thought anyone would have more money than Gates.

[Hector]

"Garcia's Sentido Comun, which translates as "common sense," reckons Slim and his family own a fortune equivalent to 8 percent of Mexico's gross domestic product.

For Gates to be worth 8 percent of the U.S. economy, his fortune would have to grow to more than $13 trillion, 17 times his current wealth, according to Sentido Comun."

[huedell]

Dang Mexicans with their tacos, great beer and billionaires ;)

[Hulk]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9c/Carlos_slim.jpeg


"Slim" is not a word I'd use to describe him.