MEXICO CITY-World’s third-richest man, Carlos Slim, gaining rapidly on Gates, Buffett

**alphaman** · 03-13-2007, 06:26 PM

This guy owns Mexico. If he can continue to grow as he has, he will soon be the richest man in the world, in MEXICO!!!

http://news.bostonherald.com/interna...ticleid=188232

http://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/10/..._Networth.html

**singern** · 03-14-2007, 10:18 AM

Originally Posted by alphaman

This guy owns Mexico. If he can continue to grow as he has, he will soon be the richest man in the world, in MEXICO!!!

http://news.bostonherald.com/interna...ticleid=188232

http://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/10/..._Networth.html

As long as he is making his fortune honestly, I say any body on the planet has the right to be all he can be.

**DTBusta** · 03-14-2007, 10:33 AM

good, I hope he puts some of it towards a "gates" like foundation.

**alphaman** · 03-14-2007, 02:00 PM

Originally Posted by singern

As long as he is making his fortune honestly, I say any body on the planet has the right to be all he can be.

I wasn't necessarily saying there was anything wrong with him being from Mexico, but now that you point it out -- it is kinda funny considering that the majority of the population down there lives on less than 2$ a day and that the minimum wage is less than 50 cents an hour. The guy is monopolizing several industries in Mexico. I'm conservative through and through, but this is pretty excessive. I'm guessing there we'll hear more about that on the next year or so.