Savvy Slim Bets on NYT Being a Monopoly

But he still has $63B left for comfort

(NEWSER) - From the everything's-relative department: The world's richest man has lost about $8 billion in this week's market mess, reports Bloomberg . The fortune of Mexico's Carlos Slim is now worth about $63 billion in US dollars, down 11% from the end of July. Mexico's stock market has been in the skids this week along with the rest of the world's. More»

(NEWSER) - Carlos Slim has a history of intimidating the press, but not the New York Times, which strives manfully to dish the dirt on Mexico’s richest man today, even though he just lent the paper $250 million. Slim loves making such big investments in media companies, but he hates the spotlight and tends to use his financial might to suppress bad press. More»

Forbes counts a record 1,226 billionaires

(NEWSER) - There are more billionaires than ever in Forbes' annual list , but no surprises at the top. Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim heads up the list for the third year in a row, with an estimated net worth of $69 billion. Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, and French luxury-goods magnate Bernard Arnault have the same places in the top four as last year. Forbes counted 1,226 billionaires from 58 countries worth a record $4.6 trillion. More»

Mexican tycoon world's richest man with $74 billion

(NEWSER) - Mexican telecoms tycoon Carlos Slim is the richest person in the world for the second year running, according to Forbes' latest list of billionaires . The 71-year-old Slim, now worth an estimated $74 billion, widened the gap with No. 2 Bill Gates thanks to some canny business moves last year, including heavy investment in mining, Reuters notes. Warren Buffett, Louis Vuitton chief Bernard Arnault, and Oracle's Larry Ellison round out the top 5 of the world's estimated 1,210 billionaires, who have a combined net worth of some $4.5 trillion. More»

'Forbes' list wouldn't be a contest if he hadn't discovered philanthropy

(NEWSER) - Forbes will unveil its 2011 billionaires list tomorrow, and Bill Gates will certainly make an appearance, reports Reuters . But it turns out the longtime richest guy in the world fell to No. 2 last year not because of Microsoft's waning fortunes, but because he literally gave away the title. "It wouldn't be a competition," says a wealth expert. "(Gates) would have a comfortable margin if he had never discovered philanthropy." More»