Thread: Mexico Can Help Its Own People, No?

No. 1 Carlos Slim Helú & family
Net Worth: $74 billion UP
Source: Telecom
Citizenship: Mexico
The world’s richest person for a second year in a row, the Mexican telecom mogul is also the year’s biggest gainer, having added $20.5 billion to his fortune and widened the gap between him and No. 2, Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates, to $18 billion. A 19% rise in the Mexican stock market, a stronger peso, and successful mining and real estate spinoffs from conglomerate Grupo Carso all contributed to the astonishing increase. He also merged his fixed-line telecom company into America Movil, Latin America's largest wireless carrier; the Slim family stake in that holding accounts for 62% of his net worth. He has other holdings in retailer Saks and the New York Times. Recently unveiled a new building for his Soumaya Museum, which houses his vast art collection. It is open to the public for free.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41989924/ns ... -forbescom

If this man could use his fortune to solve part of Mexico's problems so that we wouldn't have so many illegals here.

Slim has built schools and clincs in poor areas of Mexico, Central and South America.

Gift Hub: Carlos Slim's Philanthropy
Jun 28, 2007 ... Carlos Slim Helu, the world's richest man (at $57 billon), will expand his foundation from $4 to $10 billion by 2011, reports the NYTimes.
www.gifthub.org/2007/06/carlos-slims-ph.html

Carlos Slim - Wikipedia

Carlos Slim Helú (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkaɾlos esˈlim eˈlu]; born January 28, 1940) is a Mexican business magnate and philanthropist who has at various ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Slim