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Carlos Slim has a govt-enforced monopoly. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57369357-93/telecom-monopoly-overcharging-mexicans-billions/ http://news.cnet.com/83

• marcamillion 14y ago
  So do many other companies in many other countries - including utilities in the US - but the owners are not the richest people in the world. In fact, they probably don't come in the top 10. I say that to say that having a monopoly is not a guarantee of maximum success.
  • jiggy2011 14y ago
    In the case of a true monopoly it pretty much is.
    • marcamillion 14y ago
      Well tell that to the local oil monopoly in Venezuela....whose coffers are being raided to feed populist urges.