His growing fortune has caused a controversy because it has been amassed in a developing country where per capita income does not surpass $14,500 a year, and nearly 17% of the population lives in poverty. Critics claim that He is a monopolist. His wealth is the equivalent of roughly 5% of his countries annual economic output. He has been awarded the Entrepreneurial Merit Medal of Honor from Mexico's Chamber of Commerce. He is a CEO of the year in 2003 by Latin Trade magazine, and one year later CEO of the decade by the same magazine. In 2008 his philanthropy was recognised with the award of The National Order of the Cedar by the Lebanese government. Who ?
A-Carlos Slim
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