With nearly 60 billion dollars, Carlos Slim Helu - Mexican telecoms tycoon of Lebanese parentage - has overtaken Microsoft founder Bill Gates for the title of the world's richest person, Fortune ...

May 2007 – Founds the Carlos Slim Health Institute, a non-profit that aims to make health care affordable and accessible in Latin America, through his Carlos Slim Foundation.

On the C-SPAN Networks: Carlos Slim Helu is a Chair for the Grupo Carso with four videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2002 Forum as a Chair for the Carso Global Telecom ...

Forbes estimates Michael Bloomberg is one of the few worth more than $100 billion. He doesn't appear on Bloomberg's rich list due to editorial policy.

Carlos Slim Helu, better known in Mexico as "Slim," was listed No. 17 on Forbes magazine 's list of the world's billionaires earlier this year.

Slim doesn't like spending money on lavish living and has a frugal lifestyle. Carlos Slim's main source of wealth is the telecom giant América Móvil.

Telecom billionaire Carlos Slim, Mexico’s wealthiest man and the former richest man in the world, has re-listed his palatial New York City townhouse for a whopping $80 million, according to a ...