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Article: Slim Helu: The Mexican tycoon who could soon be the world's richest man
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- Belfast Telegraph
- Article date:
- March 12, 2007
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In a country where almost half the population subsists on $2 a
day, the initiative will draw wide praise. The giving away of
personal fortunes is a relatively new practice in Mexico - in
contrast to the US where philanthropy has long been expected of the
very rich - and over recent years Mr Slim has become good at it. Yet
the timing of his gesture will raise eyebrows and prompt some to
question his motives.
This son of Lebanese immigrants with an extraordinary talent for
business has a problem that needs immediate attention: his wealth. It
is not just that he is obscenely rich, but also that more and more
people are becoming aware of it. Worse, they are starting to notice
that his fortune ...