A mexican earned more than Bill Gates last year..

[Tracy]

and is now the world's second richest man! What y'all think about that?

Carlos Slim Helu Now World's Second-Richest Man

http://www.forbes.com/2007/04/11/bil..._0411helu.html

For seven years Warren Buffett, the so-called Oracle of Omaha, ranked just behind his good friend and bridge partner Bill Gates as the world's second-richest man. That era is over, at least temporarily. On March 29, Mexican telecom titan Carlos Slim Helú quietly slipped past the value investor. As of market close today, Slim is worth $53.1 billion, compared with Buffett's $52.4 billion. He is also breathtakingly close to passing Gates, currently worth $56.0 billion. Gates, who co-founded Microsoft in 1975, has been the world’s richest man for a record 13 years.

http://money.aol.com/special/money-winners-2007

Last year, Forbes ranked Mexico's telecommunications king as the world's third richest person. This year, his net worth has ballooned to over $59 billion and this summer, Fortune said Slim has overtaken Bill Gates as the world's richest person.

[Maniac1]

Thats ****ing awesome!

[aaronfelipe]

I bet that Bill was impressed considering how fast Microsoft has been/is growing with Vista etc...

[quickdodge®]

This makes me remember a thread title that Maniac posted not too long ago. Something about armageddon or something. Later, QD.

[Tracy]

The awesome thing is, I met him while in Jamaica new years in Kingston and didn't know it was him....

[quickdodge®]

The awesome thing is, I met him while in Jamaica new years in Kingston and didn't know it was him....

How is this awesome? Did he do something cool for you? Was it awesome then when you didn't know who he was? Hail I know you but I don't run around saying how awesome that is. But I do tell everyone another rumor about you. And me. And a certain jacuzzi . Alone. At a certain hotel. On a certain beach. At the Isle of Palms. In South Carolina. And a certain morning after pill. But I don't want to give out too much information. Later, QD.

[mocha latte cupcake]

How is this awesome? Did he do something cool for you? Was it awesome then when you didn't know who he was? Hail I know you but I don't run around saying how awesome that is. But I do tell everyone another rumor about you. And me. And a certain jacuzzi . Alone. At a certain hotel. On a certain beach. At the Isle of Palms. In South Carolina. And a certain morning after pill. But I don't want to give out too much information. Later, QD.

WTF thats what you 2 were doing while i let you stay @ my house! OMG! never again!

[dc2teg2006]

I dont think Bill Gates care if he is the richest man anymore, he just tons on money always to different causes all the time!! He in the Guniess Book of record(sp) for giving like 1billion to research for cancer/AIDS or something like that..

[quickdodge®]

WTF thats what you 2 were doing while i let you stay @ my house! OMG! never again!

I'm not sure of what you're talking about. Later, QD.

[Dirty Octopus™]

yeah i heard about this a while ago. i think it was on CNN or some sh¡t

[Tracy]

QD!!! *tisk tisk*

[mushroom_toy]

Considering a white guy like me cant get a job in Gainesville anymore, then this seems about right.

[Julio]

Old news..... Actually at one point last year, He's net worth was higher then Bill Gates..... and then it went down a bit..

But he will be the next Giant.

[HalfBaked]

So what white guy did he take the job from...





*crickets*

[Tracy]

So what white guy did he take the job from...





*crickets*

He actually lives in Mexico and his empire was built there. He is a cell phone/cell tower dude. He owns like 90% of the towers in Mexico and most of the service for cell phones there.

[redgst97]

Didnt Gates retire a year or 2 ago?