Who was the richest living man in $2012?$ Did you guess Warren Buffet, Richard Branson, Bill Gates, or Mark Zuckerberg? All of these men are on Forbes's list of the most affluent people in the world; however, the wealthiest person in $2012$ was Carlos Slim Helu of Mexico.

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