Carlos Slim Helú top of the rich list
Carlos Slim Helú is a Mexican businessman and one of the wealthiest man in the world as of October 14, 2007.

His net worth is estimated at $67.9 billion USD as of late 2007.

His stock portfolio consists of shares of America Movil, Saks, Embratel, Altria Group, Global Crossing, Kraft Foods, Grupo Fin Inbrusa.

In 2007 Carlos fortune had $3.5 billion dollars added each month.

Quote from article Wall Street Journal ran last summer, Source:
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It’s hard to spend a day in Mexico and not put money in his pocket. The 67-year-old tycoon controls more than 200 companies — he says he’s “lost count” — in telecommunications, cigarettes, construction, mining, bicycles, soft-drinks, airlines, hotels, railways, banking and printing. In all, his companies account for more than a third of the total value of Mexico’s leading stock market index, while his fortune represents 7% of the country’s annual economic output. (At his height, John D. Rockefeller’s wealth was equal to 2.5% of U.S. gross domestic product.)
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How did a Mexican son of Lebanese immigrants rise to such heights? By putting together monopolies, much like John D. Rockefeller did when he developed a stranglehold on refining oil in the industrial era. In the post-industrial world, Mr. Slim has a stranglehold on Mexico’s telephones. His Teléfonos de México SAB and its cellphone affiliate Telcel have 92% of all fixed-lines and 73% of all cellphones. As Mr. Rockefeller did before him, Mr. Slim has accumulated so much power that he is considered untouchable in his native land, a force as great as the state itself.
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