Saturday, December 25, 2010 8:25 pm, Posted by admin 0 Top 10 Richest person in the world 2010

Every year, Forbes Magazine updates a complete list of US dollar billionaires around the world. Here we have Top world’s richest people in the world as of 2010 and their rank. In most countries that use the short scale number naming system, a billionaire is a person who has a net worth of at least one billion units of a currency, usually the US Dollar, Euro or the Pound Sterling.

This year 2010, the world’s richest man now is no other than Mr Carlos Slim Helu or simply known as Carlos Slim (born January 28, 1940), is a Mexican engineer,businessman and philanthropist largely focused on the telecommunications industry. He is currently the wealthiest person in the world with anet worth of around US$53.5 billion through his holdings. He was able to raise money for a telecommunications company by purchasing standby letters of credit which enabled him to obtain guaranteed loans which provided the capital.

Slim has a substantial influence over the telecommunications industry in Mexico and much of Latin America. He controls Teléfonos de México (Telmex), Telcel and América Móvil companies. Though he maintains an active involvement in his companies, his three sons

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