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Carlos Slim Investing in Mexico's Youth Via Computers

08:49 H | Topics: Entrepreneurs - Mexico

He may have just had his department store bombed, but that hasn't hardened the heart of Carlos Slim. The billionaire promised to donate 250,000 low-cost laptop computers to Mexican children (why didn't he spring for the spendy ones?). The machines cost $250 to $300 each. He hopes to be able to donate a million computers to schools and libraries who would then give them to children.

When asked about the speculation that his wealth may have surpassed that of Bill Gates, making him the #1 money man, Slim responded:

That's water off a duck's back to me.I don't know if that [the ranking] is correct, if I'm first, 20th, or 2,000th. It doesn't matter. It's all the same. I think that what's important is to see that a professional or business activity isn't incompatible with personal or family life.

Via / CNN

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