MOGUL: CARLOS SLIM
Carlos Slim Helú is a Mexican business magnate and philanthropist who has been noted as the world’s wealthiest person. He is the chairman and CEO of telecommunications companies Telmex and América Móvil and has extensive holdings in other Mexican companies through his conglomerate, Grupo Carso SAB, as well as business interests elsewhere in the world. América Móvil which in 2010 was Latin America’s largest mobile-phone carrier accounted for around US$49 billion of his wealth by the end of 2010. His corporate holdings at February 2011 have been estimated at US$74 billion and from this he is the wealthiest person in the world.