Mexican Billionaire Still the Richest in the World
Steven L. Taylor
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Tuesday, March 5, 2013
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Via the BBC: Carlos Slim tops Forbes rich list for fourth year.
I note this only because I am continually struck by the fact that if one was going to make up a name of the world’s richest man for a B-movie, one might come up with the name “Carlos Slim.”
About Steven L. Taylor
Steven L. Taylor is a Professor of Political Science and a College of Arts and Sciences Dean. His main areas of expertise include parties, elections, and the institutional design of democracies. His most recent book is the co-authored
A Different Democracy: American Government in a 31-Country Perspective. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Texas and his BA from the University of California, Irvine. He has been blogging since 2003 (originally at the now defunct Poliblog).
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Carlos Slim sounds like a name out of a Bond movie from the Roger Moore era
Carlos Slim is an Arab Mexican, of Lebanese decent to be exact. The family name Slim is approximate Spanish transliteration of common Arabic name Salim.
And it’s actually Carlos Slim Helú