Mexican Billionaire Still the Richest in the World

March 5, 2013

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Via the BBC: Carlos Slim tops Forbes rich list for fourth year.

I note this only because I am continually struck by the fact that if one was going to make up a name of the world’s richest man for a B-movie, one might come up with the name “Carlos Slim.”

3 responses to “Mexican Billionaire Still the Richest in the World”

Doug Mataconis

March 5, 2013 at 5:10 pm

Carlos Slim sounds like a name out of a Bond movie from the Roger Moore era
Bob

March 5, 2013 at 11:52 pm

Carlos Slim is an Arab Mexican, of Lebanese decent to be exact. The family name Slim is approximate Spanish transliteration of common Arabic name Salim.
Lynn

March 7, 2013 at 10:14 am

And it’s actually Carlos Slim Helú