
Submission + - Bill Gates to be demoted to 2nd richest man
Haxx writes: Not yet recognized by mainstream lists of the super rich, calculations of América Móvil stock prices point to a new world's richest man. The son of a Lebanese immigrant, Carlos Slim, 67, works from a windowless bunker in Mexico City. His empire includes a budget airline, Volaris, a cigarette company, Cigatam, a music retailer, MixUp, and an internet service provider, Prodigy. Slims main money makers are Telcel, the largest mobile operator in Mexico, commanding a market share in excess of 80 per cent and Telmex wich accounts for nine out of 10 landlines in Mexico.