Carlos Slim

AGE: 60
OCCUPATION: Mexican monopolist
PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE TIME 100: 1

PRO: The telecom kingpin dominates Latin America's mobile-phone market, allowing him to amass a personal fortune of more than $60 billion. Last year, he surprised observers by loaning $250 million to the ailing New York Times Co.

CON: Journalism experts frowned on the Times Co. arrangement, saying it would compromise the paper's coverage of Slim's business dealings.

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