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As of May 2, 2023, Carlos Slim Helu was the wealthiest person in Mexico, with an estimated net worth of 96.7 billion U.S. dollars, followed by German Larrea Mota Velasco (No. 2, $29.0 billion), Ricardo Salinas Pliego (No. 3, $13.1 billion); and Alejandro Bailleres Gual (No. 4, $7.8 billion). Maria Asuncion Aramburuzabala is...

Fröbel, a German educator, is considered the father of preschool education and the founder of the institution he called "Children's Garden" or kindergarten, a term used to this day in the German-speaking and English-speaking world. Fröbel believed in the effectiveness of the child's action, especially when it is self-motivated and...

The Role of a Diaspora: As a former member of the Romanian diaspora, the 5th largest diaspora in the world in absolute terms and the largest in percentage terms in the OECD, I can wholeheartedly say that a country’s diaspora is one of the most overlooked means of support to a country's development. For...

As of  May 1, 2023, Marcos Galperin was the wealthiest person in Argentina, with an estimated net worth of 5.4 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Gregorio Perez Companc (No. 2, $3.0 billion), Eduardo Eurnekian (No. 3, $2.0 billion); and Alejandro Bulgheroni (No. 4, $1.8 billion). Eduardo Costantini is the person in Argentina, with a...

As of May 1, 2023, Gina Rinehart was the wealthiest person in Australia, with an estimated net worth of 26.9 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Andrew Forrest (No. 2, $19.1 billion), Harry Triguboff (No. 3, $15.5 billion); and Anthony Pratt (No. 4, $11.3  billion). Mike Cannon-Brookes is the fifth-richest person in Australia, with a whopping...

As of  April 30, 2023, Iris Fontbona was the wealthiest person in Chile, with an estimated net worth of 23.0 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Jean Salata (No. 2, $5.5 billion), Horst Paulmann (No. 3, $3.8 billion); and Julio Ponce Lerou (No. 4, $2.9 billion). Sebastian Pinera is the fifth-richest person in Chile, with a...

As of April 30, 2023, David Thomson was the wealthiest person in Canada, with an estimated net worth of 58.3 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Changpeng Zhao (No. 2, $10.5 billion), David Cheriton  (No. 3, $9.9 billion); and Jim Pattison (No. 4, $9.7 billion). Anthony Von Mandl is the fifth-richest person in Canada,...

As of April 28, 2023, Li Xiting was the wealthiest person in Singapore, with an estimated net worth of 16.5 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Goh Cheng Liang  (No. 2, $14.7 billion), Philip Ng (No. 3, $7.6 billion); and Robert Ng (No. 4, $7.4 billion). Wee Cho Yaw is the fifth-richest person in Singapore,...

As of  April 28, 2023, Jay Y. Lee was the wealthiest person in South Korea, with an estimated net worth of 8.2 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Seo Jung-jin (No. 2, $5.9 billion),  Hong Ra-hee  (No. 3, $5.1 billion); and Kwon Hyuk-bin (No. 4, $5.0 billion). Kim Beom-su is the fifth-richest person...

As of April 28, 2023, Amancio Ortega was the wealthiest person in Spain, with an estimated net worth of 83.1 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Sandra Ortega Mera (No. 2, $7.3 billion), Rafael Del Pino (No. 3, $4.8 billion); and Juan Roig  (No. 4, $3.8 billion). Daniel Mate is the fifth-richest person in Spain, with...