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Mexican telecom giant Carlos Slim He Lu has replaced Microsoft founder Bill Gates with $59 billion in assets to become the richest man in the world, Fortune magazine confirmed on the 6th. But Elu reacted calmly, saying that "he doesn't care about the title of the richest man in the world".

Fortune, which tracks the performance of the world's top companies, said that according to the market value of Elu's company on the stock exchange, his net worth increased by $654.38+02 billion this year. In a brief introduction to 67-year-old Elu, Fortune magazine said that according to the value of his publicly held shares at the end of July, his assets have reached $59 billion.

According to the magazine, the net worth of Microsoft founder Gates, who has occupied the position of the richest man in the world for a long time, is estimated at $58 billion. In an interview with the media, Elu said, "It doesn't matter whether my wealth ranks second, twentieth or 2000."

Among the world's richest people, Elu, the son of Lebanese immigrants, created a myth, and once set a record for the fastest appreciation of personal assets in the world in the recent 10 year. According to the latest global personal wealth ranking 1 1 published by Forbes magazine in April this year, Elu, who was ranked third at that time, surpassed Warren Buffett, chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, and jumped to the second place in the wealth list.

Introduction to Elu: The richest man with a telephone line.

Who is Carlos Slim Elu? This telecom tycoon from Mexico just surpassed Warren Buffett to become the second richest man in the world in March this year, and now he has pocketed Bill Gates, the former richest man in the world, with a wealth of $67.8 billion for 13 years, and has become the new richest man in the world. What is the secret of his surpassing Gates? What do he and Gates have in common as the richest people in the world?

Slim showed his investment talent when he was a teenager. At the age of 1 1, this descendant of Lebanese immigrants made his first investment in life-buying government savings bonds. By the time he was 15 years old, he had become a shareholder in Mexico's largest bank.

Slim graduated from the Civil Engineering Department of National Autonomous University of Mexico 1962. After that, he worked as a teacher for a while, but he knew that his real interest was still in business, so he resigned soon.

From 65438 to 0982, Mexico experienced an economic crisis and its currency depreciated. Everyone withdrew their investment and turned their capital to the United States and Europe. In the case of gloomy economic prospects in Mexico, Slim made the same decision as his father: he bought many bankrupt tobacco companies and restaurant chains at low prices. A few years later, the assets of these enterprises increased greatly, which laid a solid foundation for his success.

Of course, these are just the beginning. Slim's greater chance appears in 1990. At that time, there was a wave of privatization of state-owned enterprises in Mexico, and Slim took the opportunity to buy Telmex. When he took over the telephone company, it was extremely inefficient. It takes months or even years to install a telephone line, which has a poor reputation in the industry.

However, Slim successfully transformed it into a modern and professional large enterprise. Today, Slim controls 90% of the telephone lines in Mexico. Relying on this cash cow, Slim gradually established his own huge industrial empire, from the richest man in Mexico to the richest man in Latin America, until now the richest man in the world. [detailed]

The richest man who has been controversial: accused of collecting money by monopoly and infringing on the interests of consumers.

Although the world's new richest man is not as well-known as Bill Gates, it is even more controversial. It was even painted as a satirical cartoon, accusing him of relying on monopoly to collect money, hindering the normal development of the national economy and infringing on the interests of consumers.

The Mexican telephone company owned by Elu controls more than 90% of the national telephone business, so he can set a charging standard higher than that of any other developed country, and users have no choice but to pay according to their requirements.

Elu also "robbed" 72% of Mexico's mobile phone customers through his mastery of American Mobile, excluding foreign competitors. "Mexico is a country with a big gap between the rich and the poor. When almost half of the residents live on only $5 a day, a few people control most of the country's wealth. Among them, Elu is considered to be the best embodiment of the social contradiction of the disparity between the rich and the poor and the lack of competition mechanism in Mexico. " In addition, Elu's huge industrial empire also includes tobacco, Internet services, insurance, banks, shopping centers, restaurants, video stores, auto parts, electronics, steel and cement industries and even airlines.

Regardless of the criticism from the outside world, Elu is an indispensable person in Mexico. The total market value of his company accounts for nearly half of the total value of listed companies in Mexico today, and Elu himself has become the "food and clothing parents" of Mexico's 250,000 employees.