By SHARI LOGAN and SANDRA GUZMAN
Last updated: 5:41 pm
October 1, 2008
Posted: 3:08 am
October 1, 2008
The Post's annual list of the Top 25 New York Latino movers and shakers
This year's list of powerbrokers is full of breathtaking talent - Latinos who have spectacularly transformed their fields while making the Big Apple a better (and more fun) city to live in. From a design dynamo who helped an iconic American clothing label return to glory, to a media diva who's debunking Latina clichés, to a longtime public servant quietly mentoring the next generation of Latino leaders, to a composer and actor intent on making Broadway speak a little more español - this list has mucho mojo.
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Okay, so we know that this list honors NYC's powerful Latinos, but Mexico City-based Carlos Slim Helu is very worthy of inclusion. The second richest man on the Forbes Billionaires list (yes, he's richer than Bill Gates), last month purchased $123 million in shares in The New York Times. If that doesn't give you Big Apple juice, we don't know what does. The 6.4 percent stake of the Times made Slim the second largest shareowner of the venerable institution after the Sulzberger family. Slim's history shows that he's no silent shareholder, so we'll be watching with baited breath to see how the 68-year-old son of Lebanese immigrants flexes his muscle at the Old Gray Lady. Helu created his wealth in the telecommunications industry of Mexico and owns Teléfonos de México (Telmex), Telcel and América Móvil, a wireless service that operates in 16 countries and provides phone service to more than 137 million customers.
Other business influential: Carlos Gomez, Unitel, Vitarroz.
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