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World’s 100 BILLIONAIRES AS THE YEAR 2016 APPROACHES TO A GLORIOUS 2016 FINISH, URS-ASIaONE IS READY WITH ITS LIST OF WORLD’S TOP 100 BILLIONAIRES 2016. THE LIST IS ENTIRELY BASED ON THE NET WORTH OF EACH INDIVIDUAL. IT IS AN AWE-INSPIRING LIST, AS EVERY NAME LISTED HERE IS AN INSTITUTION IN HIMSELF/ HERSELF, WITH THEIR NET WORTH COMPARABLE TO ANNUAL BUDGETS OF SOME COUNTRIES. WE HAVE WEAVED SHORT INTERESTING STORIES AROUND THESE NAMES, WHICH WOULD ENTICE ALL READERS AND AFICIONADOS. 100 | ASIA ONE | JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2017 JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2017 | ASIA ONE | 101 100 World’s TOP BILLIONAIRES 2016 CARLOS SLIM HELU Net Worth: -$50 billion Chairman & CEO of Telmex 4 and América Móvil With a net worth equating about 6 percent of Mexico’s gross domestic product, Carlos Slim Helu is an epitome of astounding business acumen. Through extensive holdings in a considerable number of Mexican companies through his conglomerate Grupo Carso, he has his hands in most of the business portfolios one can think of- from education, health care, industrial manufacturing, transportation to real estate, media, energy, hospitality, entertainment, high-technology, retail, sports, and financial services. His real estate company Inmobiliaria Carso owns over 20 shopping centers, including ten in Mexico City, and operates stores in the country under U.S. brands BILL GATES including the Mexican arms of Saks Fifth Avenue, Sears and Net Worth: $75 billion the Coffee Factory. 1Technology Advisor, Microsoft Apart from leading a successful empire Slim has an avid affinity for baseball as well and he is a big supporter of the A business magnate, investor, author, philanthropist, and New York Yankees.
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