Carlos Slim
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| Carlos Slim | |
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 Carlos Slim, October 24, 2007 |
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| Born | January 28, 1940 Mexico City, Mexico |
| Residence | Mexico |
| Nationality | Mexican |
| Ethnicity | Lebanese |
| Alma mater | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México |
| Occupation | Chairman & CEO of Telmex, América Móvil and Grupo Carso |
| Known for | World's wealthiest person (2007, 2010, 2011, 2012) |
| Net worth |  US$ 69 billion (2012)[1] |
| Religion | Maronite Christian[2] |
| Spouse | Soumaya Domit (m. 1967–1999, her death) |
| Children | Carlos Marco Antonio Patrick Soumaya Vanessa Johanna |
| Parents | Julián Slim Haddad (deceased) Linda Helú[3][4] |
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| Carlos Slim | |
Carlos Slim Helú (born January 28, 1940 in Mexico City) is a Mexican businessman. He is the richest person in the world. He owns the Mexican phone company Telmex, which provides a telephone service to most Mexicans. After graduating, Slim expanded on his father's ownings of real estate in Mexico City. By age 26, he was worth $40 million.[5] During the 1980s and 1990s, Slim bought several companies that were bankrupt or being privatized. Slim owns about 7% of the New York Times. He is now worth $60 billion. Slim's maternal grandparents and his father were from Lebanon.
References [change]
- ↑ "Carlos Slim Helu & family". Forbes. http://www.forbes.com/profile/carlos-slim-helu. Retrieved March 8, 2011.
- ↑ Allentuck, Andrew (March 2009). "Carlos Slim Helu". Trade by Numbers (globeinvestor.com). http://magazine.globeinvestor.com/servlet/ArticleNews/story/GIGOLD/20080325/wallentuck20325/GIGOLDMAG/news. Retrieved May 26, 2012.
- ↑ Bone, James (March 11, 2010). "Mexican mogul Carlos Slim got his big break in sell-off of national telephone firm". The Times (London). http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/entrepreneur/article7057516.ece. Retrieved June 17, 2011.
- ↑ Padgett, Tim (July 11, 2007). "Carlos Slim's Embarrassment of Riches". Time Magazine (United States). http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1642286,00.html. Retrieved June 17, 2011.
- ↑ "Profile: Carlos Slim". BBC News. March 10, 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8560812.stm. Retrieved April 28, 2010.
