Wednesday, July 04, 2007

Slim pickings

Bill Gates has been usurped by Carlos Slim, a Mexican telecoms tycoon, as the world's richest person, a Mexican financial website has claimed.

Mr Slim, 67, has amassed personal wealth of $67.8bn (£33.6bn), the Sentido Comun revealed in its Who's Who business rich-list published yesterday.

More than half of his wealth can be attributed to his 33pc holding in mobile phone group America Movil, worth $36.2bn.

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