Atop the heap is Mexico’s Carlos Slim Helu, who added $20.5 billion to his fortune, more than any other billionaire. The telecom mogul, who gets 62% of his fortune from America Movil , is now worth $74 billion and has pulled far ahead of his two closest rivals. Bill Gates, No. 2, and Warren Buffett, No. 3, both added a more modest $3 billion to their piles and are now worth $56 billion and $50 billion, respectively. Gates, who now gets 70% of his fortune from investments outside of Microsoft, has actually been investing in the Mexican stock market and has holdings in Mexican Coke bottler Femsa and Grupo Televisa.

The top 20 are:

1. Carlos Slim Helú & family
2. Bill Gates
3. Warren Buffett
4. Bernard Arnault
5. Larry Ellison
6. Lakshmi Mittal
7. Amancio Ortega
8. Eike Batista
9. Mukesh Ambani
10. Christy Walton & family
11. Li Ka-shing
12. Karl Albrecht
13. Stefan Persson
14. Vladimir Lisin
15. Liliane Bettencourt
16. Sheldon Adelson
17. David Thomson & Family
18. Charles Koch
19. David Koch
20. Jim Walton

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While Facebook may have spawned six billionaires, as Forbes says, none of them made the top 20 – Mark Zuckerberg included. He was named the youngest self-made billionaire last year, however. He also pledged to give the majority of his wealth to charity.

Telmex, controlled by Carlos Slim, one the world’s wealthiest men has seen profits and ad revenue decline in the last several quarter’s, due to increased competition from cell phone and cable providers.

The company had a 13 percent drop in second-quarter net profit on Tuesday and its revenue decreased 6.3 percent.

Internet television, or IPTV will allow Telmex to leverage its existing broadband network to offer video and bundle its other phone and Internet services at affordable prices for customers.

"We have been preparing our telecommunications platform to provide triple-play services, we are ready to provide IPTV," Chief Financial Officer Adolfo Cerezo told analysts at a conference call on Wednesday.

To offer IPTV, Telmex was required to meet a number of conditions, including letting cable companies interconnect with its network and being prepared for number portability, or changing carriers without having to switch phone numbers.

Another problem hindering Telmex’s plans is a government decision on if the company should pay an additional fee to revise it concession and offer IPTV as an additional service it can provide.

"How long will it take? I don’t know. I would like to have a crystal ball in my hands to give you a good estimation but my assumption is that it shouldn’t take too long," Cerezo said. "Telmex has already complied with all the things it was asked to comply with."

Other companies including Cablevision, a division of broadcaster Televisa, currently offers triple-play to its customer in the Mexico City area.

Telmex said the number of lines in service dropped three percent year-over-year, to 17.7 million lines in operation at the end of June.

Telmex, controlled by Carlos Slim, one the world’s wealthiest men has seen profits and ad revenue decline in the last several quarter’s, due to increased competition from cell phone and cable providers.

The company had a 13 percent drop in second-quarter net profit on Tuesday and its revenue decreased 6.3 percent.

Internet television, or IPTV will allow Telmex to leverage its existing broadband network to offer video and bundle its other phone and Internet services at affordable prices for customers.

"We have been preparing our telecommunications platform to provide triple-play services, we are ready to provide IPTV," Chief Financial Officer Adolfo Cerezo told analysts at a conference call on Wednesday.

To offer IPTV, Telmex was required to meet a number of conditions, including letting cable companies interconnect with its network and being prepared for number portability, or changing carriers without having to switch phone numbers.

Another problem hindering Telmex’s plans is a government decision on if the company should pay an additional fee to revise it concession and offer IPTV as an additional service it can provide.

"How long will it take? I don’t know. I would like to have a crystal ball in my hands to give you a good estimation but my assumption is that it shouldn’t take too long," Cerezo said. "Telmex has already complied with all the things it was asked to comply with."

Other companies including Cablevision, a division of broadcaster Televisa, currently offers triple-play to its customer in the Mexico City area.

Telmex said the number of lines in service dropped three percent year-over-year, to 17.7 million lines in operation at the end of June.

Telmex, controlled by Carlos Slim, one the world’s wealthiest men has seen profits and ad revenue decline in the last several quarter’s, due to increased competition from cell phone and cable providers.

The company had a 13 percent drop in second-quarter net profit on Tuesday and its revenue decreased 6.3 percent.

Internet television, or IPTV will allow Telmex to leverage its existing broadband network to offer video and bundle its other phone and Internet services at affordable prices for customers.

"We have been preparing our telecommunications platform to provide triple-play services, we are ready to provide IPTV," Chief Financial Officer Adolfo Cerezo told analysts at a conference call on Wednesday.

To offer IPTV, Telmex was required to meet a number of conditions, including letting cable companies interconnect with its network and being prepared for number portability, or changing carriers without having to switch phone numbers.

Another problem hindering Telmex’s plans is a government decision on if the company should pay an additional fee to revise it concession and offer IPTV as an additional service it can provide.

"How long will it take? I don’t know. I would like to have a crystal ball in my hands to give you a good estimation but my assumption is that it shouldn’t take too long," Cerezo said. "Telmex has already complied with all the things it was asked to comply with."

Other companies including Cablevision, a division of broadcaster Televisa, currently offers triple-play to its customer in the Mexico City area.

Telmex said the number of lines in service dropped three percent year-over-year, to 17.7 million lines in operation at the end of June.

Telmex, controlled by Carlos Slim, one the world’s wealthiest men has seen profits and ad revenue decline in the last several quarter’s, due to increased competition from cell phone and cable providers.

The company had a 13 percent drop in second-quarter net profit on Tuesday and its revenue decreased 6.3 percent.

Internet television, or IPTV will allow Telmex to leverage its existing broadband network to offer video and bundle its other phone and Internet services at affordable prices for customers.

"We have been preparing our telecommunications platform to provide triple-play services, we are ready to provide IPTV," Chief Financial Officer Adolfo Cerezo told analysts at a conference call on Wednesday.

To offer IPTV, Telmex was required to meet a number of conditions, including letting cable companies interconnect with its network and being prepared for number portability, or changing carriers without having to switch phone numbers.

Another problem hindering Telmex’s plans is a government decision on if the company should pay an additional fee to revise it concession and offer IPTV as an additional service it can provide.

"How long will it take? I don’t know. I would like to have a crystal ball in my hands to give you a good estimation but my assumption is that it shouldn’t take too long," Cerezo said. "Telmex has already complied with all the things it was asked to comply with."

Other companies including Cablevision, a division of broadcaster Televisa, currently offers triple-play to its customer in the Mexico City area.

Telmex said the number of lines in service dropped three percent year-over-year, to 17.7 million lines in operation at the end of June.