Carlos slim

Carlos Slim Helú (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkarlos eˈslim eˈlu], known simply as Carlos Slim (born January 28, 1940), is a Mexican businessman and the chairman and CEO of Telmex, Telcel and América Móvil [3]. As of April 2010, he is the wealthiest person in the world with a net worth of around US$60.6 billion.[4][5] His sons Carlos, Marco Antonio and Patrick Slim Domit run the day-to-dayoperations of Telmex, Telcel, and América Móvil.
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* 1 Early life
* 2 Personal wealth
* 3 Achievements and directorships
* 4 Telecom leadership
* 5 Media
* 6 Impulsora del Desarrollo y el Empleo
* 7 Criticism
* 8 Cultural businesses
* 9 Awards
* 10 See also
* 11 References
* 12 External links

Early life
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Slim was born in Mexico City, Mexico.[6] His father, Julián Slim Haddad, an Syriac-Maronite Christian, immigrated to Mexico in 1902 from Lebanon, alone at 14 years of age, speaking no Spanish. He fled the Ottoman Empire, which at the time conscripted young men into forced labour. Carlos Slim's mother, Linda Helú, was born in Parral, Chihuahua. She was the daughterof José Helú and Wadiha Atta, Lebanese immigrants who arrived in Mexico at the end of the 19th century. They founded one of the first magazines for the Lebanese community in the country. In 1911, Julián established a dry goods store called La Estrella del Oriente (The Star of the Orient) and purchased real estate in downtown Mexico City. In August 1926, Julián Slim and Linda Helú married in MexicoCity. They had six children, of whom Carlos was the youngest son. Julian died in 1952.[7]

Slim studied engineering at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. By the time he was 26 years old, his net worth was $40 million.[8] He married Soumaya Domit Gemayel, also a Lebanese-Mexican, in 1967. They had six children and were married for 32 years until Domit died of a kidney ailment in 1999.The youngest of their three daughters, Johanna, is married to Arturo Elías Ayub, a board member of some of Slim's companies.
Personal wealth

On August 4, 2007, The Wall Street Journal ran a cover story profiling Slim. The article said, "While the market value of his stake in publicly traded companies could decline at any time, at the moment he is probably wealthier than Bill Gates".[9] OnMarch 29, 2007, Slim surpassed Warren Buffett as the world's second richest person with an estimated net worth of US$53.1 billion compared with Buffett's US$52.4 billion.[10] According to The Wall Street Journal, Slim credits part of his ability to discover investment opportunities early to the writings of his friend, futurist author Alvin Toffler.[9]

On August 8, 2007, Fortune reported that Slimhad overtaken Gates as the world's richest man. Slim's estimated fortune soared to US$59 billion, based on the value of his public holdings the end of July. Gates' net worth was estimated to be at least US$58 billion.[9][11]

On March 5, 2008, Forbes ranked Slim as the world's second-richest person, behind Warren Buffett and ahead of Bill Gates.[12] On March 11, 2009, Forbes ranked Slim as theworld's third-richest person, behind Gates and Buffett and ahead of Lawrence Ellison.[13]

On March 10, 2010, Forbes once again reported that Slim had overtaken Gates as the world's richest man, with a net worth of US$53.5 billion. Gates and Buffett now have a net worth of US$53 billion and US$47 billion respectively.[14] He was the first Mexican to top the list.[15] It was the first time in 16years that the person on top of the list was not from the United States.[16] It was also the first time the person at the top of the list was from an "emerging economy."[17]
Achievements and directorships

Slim has been vice-president of the Mexican Stock Exchange and president of the Mexican Association of Brokerage Houses. He was the first president of the Latin-American Committee of the New...