Carlos Slim Helú

Age: 70
Occupation: Tycoon
Previous TIME 100 Appearances: 2

Last year the Mexican businessman extraordinaire invested in the financially challenged New York Times Company. Now he's surpassed Bill Gates and Warren Buffet to top Forbes magazine's list of the world's richest people.

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