One of the business figures most important in Mexico is Carlos Slim Helu, because it is not only the richest in the country, but also in all of Latin America. Keep reading to know more details about the origin, history and life of this entrepreneur.
Who is Carlos Slim?
Carlos Slim Helu He was born on January 28, 1940 in Mexico, Mexico City, so the magnate is currently 82 years old and since he was younger his father taught him many things related to running a business, as well as accounting issues.
From an early age he began to invest in the purchase of businesses, which he made prosper, as well as in the purchase and sale of real estate, in the center of Mexico City.
Carlos Slim is a Mexican businessman and engineer who is among the richest men in the world. His business group enjoys a dominant and powerful position in the field of telecommunications.
Carlos Slim Biography
Carlos Slim is son of Julian Slim Haddad (born Khalil Salim Haddad Aglamaz) and of Linda Helu Attaboth Maronite Christians from Lebanon.
Carlos Slim Helu studied civil engineering at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), where he presented the thesis Applications of Linear Programming in Civil Engineering and also taught algebra and linear programming at the same university.
From a young age, he began to invest in buying businesses, which he made prosper, as well as buying and selling real estate, in the center of Mexico City.
The powerful businessman is a member of a third-generation family of Catholic Lebanese immigrants who settled in Mexico. The professional success in the real estate sector of his father allowed her to promote his studies as a civil engineer.
At the beginning of the 1980s and in the midst of a crisis that paralyzed Mexico, with historical capital flights, Slim and his group made strong investments in the country, they acquired several companies.
On occasions, the tycoon has repeatedly mentioned that this stage in the country reminded him of what his father Julián Slim went through, when in 1914 and in the midst of the Mexican Revolution he bought the remaining 50% of the business they had in common from his older brother, called “La Estrella de Oriente”, thus believing in Mexico and its destiny.
It was in 1997 when he bought Prodigy, an American Internet provider. Carlos Slim managed to make this company a powerful server for multiple Internet services until he reached an alliance with MSN, launching a portal in Spanish hand in hand with Microsoft.
In 2008, it acquired 6.4% of The New York Times newspaper. According to Slim, this was a strictly financial move. With this shareholding he became the third largest shareholder in the company. In 2012, his company Grupo Carso became a majority shareholder (35% of the shares) of the Spanish soccer team Real Oviedo and 30% of the Mexican soccer teams Club León and Club de Fútbol Pachuca.
Children of Carlos Slim
Carlos Slim He is the father of six children: Carlos, mark antony, Patrick, Soumaya, Vanessa Y Johanna. His wife, Soumaya Domit, passed away on March 7, 1999; They have been married since 1967.
Where Carlos Slim lives
The businessman’s home is located in the Hills of Chapultepec, but still this person has multiple properties around the world. Right, one of them is located in New York, it even had to be abandoned because it was “haunted”.
What companies does Carlos Slim have?
We mention the main companies of Slim:
- Telmex
- Telcel
- Of course
- Inbursa Financial Group
- Promoter of the Economic Development of Latin America
- sanborns group
- Condumex Group
- frisco mining
- Mobile America
- Carso Group
Carlos Silm Foundation
The businessman has the Carlos Slim Foundation, where he recognizes the importance of education for comprehensive development in the country.
Each year its programs contribute through the granting of various inputs, the training of students, supporting them from their first years of life to their postgraduate studies.
How much money does Carlos Slim have?
Carlos Slimwho gains three places compared to 2021, He has a net worth of about $81.2 billion.according to Forbes calculations, well above the 62.800 million that it attributed to him last year.
Carlos Slimthe Mexican telecommunications magnate, continues to be the richest person in Latin America this yearand is ranked 13th on the list of the world’s greatest fortunes, according to a study published in April by Forbes magazine.
Although Slim is not part of the top 10 on the Forbes list, yes, it continues with the crown in Mexico and Latin Americaso the experts have calculated how much the tycoon earns per minute, based on his annual benefits.
Slim is positioned as one of the richest globally, it should not surprise us to learn that this tycoon earns per minute what an average Mexican earns annually.
According to specialized media, Carlos Slim earns more than 20 million dollars in 12 hours. In this sense, it is estimated that per month he receives about 720 million dollars. Although obviously, there are ups and downs in the financial market.
Now divide the 20 million by 12 hours, resulting in 240,000,000 in a single day, about 10 million per hour and $166,666,667 per minute. In conversion to Mexican pesos, the tycoon earns more than 3 million pesos in 60 seconds.
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