Telecom tycoon of Telemex America, Mexico

Carlos slim helu, 67, has a total personal wealth of US$ 49 billion, equivalent to 6.3% of Mexico's annual gross national product, ranking first in the Forbes rich list in 2006, the Independent reported. In the past year, the market value of Elu's assets increased by $654.38+09 billion, setting a record for the fastest growth of personal wealth in the world in the past 6543.8+00 years. It is estimated that in 2006, an average of nearly $2.2 million per hour flowed into Elou's pocket.

In the 1990s, in the wave of privatization of Mexican state-owned enterprises, Elu, the son of Lebanese immigrants, bought Telemex, which successfully turned this heavily indebted state-owned enterprise into a "cash cow".

Then, Elu began to extend its tentacles to other fields. The American Mobile Company he controls is the most important mobile communication company in Latin America. 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.