Carlos Slim: The world’s richest person, two years in a row

$74
billion the total worth of extremely rich Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim
$20
billion the increase in the dude’s fortune THIS YEAR ALONE source

» Widening his lead: Carlos Slim has not only benefited by expanding his own personal wealth (we’re sure that New York Times investment was a huge part of all that … heh), but the two guys directly behind him – Bill Gates and Warren Buffett – have been giving away much of their wealth lately. Slim has too, but he’s kept a tighter grip on it than those two.

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