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Article: World's richest man.. ..and he's not Bill Gates; FATCAT SLIM'S EUR50bn.(News)
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- The Mirror (London, England)
- Article date:
- July 5, 2007
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Byline: By MARK ELLIS, Foreign Editor
HE snubs private jets and wears a plastic watch, but this tycoon has knocked Bill Gates off the world's richest man spot.
Mexican mobile phone boss Carlos Slim's estimated EUR50billion fortune dislodged Gates and his EUR44billion from the top position.
And if that's not enough to miff the Microsoft chief, the new king of wealth claims he doesn't even like computers and ...