Behind every billionaire there is a story!

Billionaire Mexican Phone Tycoon Carlos Slim focuses on charity

Fortified by Cuban cigars and Diet Coke, Mr. Slim mapped out a vision of what he planned to do with his fortune. “It is a life project, it is a challenge,” he said.

“Poverty is resolved with education and jobs,” he continued. “You don’t need to teach a man how to fish, as the Chinese used to say. Instead of giving him the fish, instead of teaching him how to fish, you have to teach him how to sell the fish so that he eats something else besides a fish.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/28/business/worldbusiness/28slim.html?_r=2&ref=business&oref=slogin&oref=slogin