Slim's fortune is even larger than Forbes estimates
Submitted by mexbiznews on Thu, 03/11/2010 - 8:10am
Sentido Comun
Carlos Slim reached the top of Forbes magazine's list of the world's wealthiest after his companies' good stock performance helped him amass a fortune of $53.5 billion.
While that amount caused Slim to upset Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates for the No. 1 position on the list, Slim's worth, according to estimates compiled by Sentido Comun, exceeds that reported by the business magazine.
Slim's fortune, based on the value of shares in publicly traded companies plus dividends received since 2007, is closer to $58.2 billion. And that figure does not include other personal investments that the Mexican tycoon has made in non-listed companies.
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