Who is the richest man in the world? How much money is there?

2007 hasn't come out yet, and now it's all 2006.

1 Bill Gates USA 465 Microsoft

Warren Buffett USA 440 Berkshire Hathaway Company

3 Rushmi-Mittal India 250 Steel

Carlos Slim Horu Mexico 238 Telecom

5 Saudi Arabia Prince Asoud 237 Investment

6 Ingvar-Capoulade No.230 IKEA Sweden

7 paul allen and the United States 2 10 invest in Microsoft.

8 Karl-Albachet Supermarket in Germany 185

9 Lawrence Ellison USA 184 Oracle Bone Inscriptions

Robson walton, USA 183 Wal-Mart

The personal wealth of Mexican telecom giant carlos slim helu has quietly surpassed Warren Buffett to become the second richest man in the world. His total assets have reached $536,543.8 billion, accounting for about 7% of Mexico's annual economic output.

Although Slim Elu's exposure is far less than Buffett's, his way of making money is not inferior at all. In 14 months, his assets increased by $23 billion. Now, his wealth is only a wall away from Bill Gates' $56 billion.

Slim Elu is a Lebanese immigrant, aged 67. His career began in a small warehouse in Mexico City. Now, his business empire has included low-cost airlines, cigar companies, music retail business and Internet content providers. His most successful investment was to control Telmex, a Mexican telecom operator, when Mexico's telecom industry opened to the private sector in 1990. At present, Telmex controls 9 of Mexico's 65,438+00 fixed telephone lines.

Slim Elu always spends money carefully. He told the media that he had been keeping accounts since 12 years old. Recently, however, Slim Elu said that in order to improve medical care and education in Mexico, he will set up a charity fund and plan to invest 654.38+0 billion US dollars in four years. However, he made it clear that he would not give up the management of the company. He said wealth is like an orchard. You can share the fruit with others, but you can't give away the orchard.