SavantEdge
July 3rd, 2007, 08:51 PM
Bill Gates' wealth, estimated currently at $59.2 billion, has been surpassed by that of Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim. Slim, the son of a Lebanese immigrant, runs businesses in a number of industries from Mexico City. Stock in his wireless company, American Movil, recently surged in price by 27%, boosting his net worth to $67.8 billion. Last April Slim passed Warren Buffet, who had long held down number 2 spot. In this audio Bill Gates says he won't care when he is no longer number 1.
Article 1:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/07/04/bcnslim104.xml
Article 2:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/322239_richest04.html?source=mypi
BG says he doesn't care:
http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/117497.asp
EDIT: I just realized that I accidentally posted this in the File Sharing forum, which probably isn't the right place for this. If it could be moved, that'd be great. Sorry.
Article 1:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/07/04/bcnslim104.xml
Article 2:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/322239_richest04.html?source=mypi
BG says he doesn't care:
http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/117497.asp
EDIT: I just realized that I accidentally posted this in the File Sharing forum, which probably isn't the right place for this. If it could be moved, that'd be great. Sorry.