- This person has a Spanish last name; here Slim is the surname of the father, Elu is the surname of the mother.
Carlos Slim Elu ( Spanish Carlos Slim Helú , January 28, 1940 , Mexico City ) is a Mexican businessman of Lebanese descent, the son of immigrants - Maronites from Lebanon . Billionaire , one of the richest people on the planet .
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| Place of Birth | Mexico City , Mexico |
| Citizenship |  Mexico |
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| Father | Julian Slim Haddad |
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According to Forbes , from 2010 to 2013 he was the richest man in the world [2] [3] . In the ranking of billionaires in 2016, Carlos Slim Elu is in second place, his financial condition is estimated at 50 billion US dollars [4] , despite the fact that he lost 27 billion over the year [5] . The financial position is based on the communications industry, Teléfonos de México, Altria Group (formerly director of Philip Morris ), Telcel and América Móvil . The main asset of the entrepreneur is the holding company Grupo Carso , which controls a number of large Mexican companies [6] [7] .
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Biography
Born January 28, 1940 in Mexico City. The fifth child in a Lebanese refugee family and the daughter of a prosperous Lebanese merchant. His father, Halil Salim Haddad, wishing to avoid being drafted into the Ottoman army, arrived in Mexico in 1902, where he changed his name to Julian Slim. Mother's last name is Elu (see Spanish name ).
Julian owned business acumen and took up business in a new place, and later, in 1950, he acquired real estate in downtown Mexico City and opened a supermarket. He managed to create a successful trading business. In this business, all six of Julian's children began to work, from whom he demanded "devotion, talent and zeal." In exchange, children received non-child pocket money, which they learned to “manage”, starting from the first grade of school. Carlos was lucky with a business sense. With the blessing of his father, he began to engage in stock investing, and already at seventeen, having mastered the rules of investing, he made his first million.
Carlos, continuing to successfully invest, managed to study at the Faculty of Civil Engineering at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. In his last years, he even taught linear programming and algebra in other threads. After Carlos Slim received his diploma in 1961, he did not work in the profession.
Philanthropy
Carlos Slim is one of the largest philanthropists in the world. He established the Carlos Slim Foundation, which finances educational, cultural and medical projects in Mexico . In March 2011, with the participation of the foundation, the Soumaya Museum ( Spanish: Museo Soumaya ) was opened, the exposition of which presents treasures of world culture [8] .
Notes
- ↑ Encyclopædia Britannica
- ↑ Tight wallets , Lenta.ru (March 11, 2010).
- ↑ The World's Billionaires - Forbes.com
- ↑ The World's Billionaires
- ↑ Bill Gates lost four billion dollars in a year . m.lenta.ru. Date of treatment March 2, 2016.
- ↑ Anton Osipov . “You can share the harvest, but not the garden,” - Carlos Slim Elu, founder and owner of Grupo Carso // Vedomosti, 03/15/2010, 44 (2562)
- ↑ Forbes: Over the year, Russian billionaires have become poorer (March 8, 2012). Date of treatment March 8, 2012. Archived June 25, 2012.
- ↑ BuenoLatina. Carlos Slim opened a unique museum Museo Soumaya in Mexico City
Links
- Official site of Carlos Slim Elu (English) (Spanish)
- America Movil Corporate Site
- Telcel In The USA
- The World's Richest People: Slim's Chance Forbes article (2007-03-26 )
- Forbes Billionaires List (2006 )
- Slim Elu, Carlos - an article in the Lentapedia . year 2012.
- Telmex Corporate Site
- TelNor Corporate Site
- Top Business Entrepreneurs Carlos Slim Helu Profile
- Latin Business Chronicle Latin American Billionaires
- The article "Third-richest man to give away part of fortune" on the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper website
- Corruption in Mexico City by SI Marcos, 2003
- Once Upon a Time in Norte America: The Rise of Carlos Slim Bro Waha, Los Angeles, March 2007
- Lawrence Wright, Profiles, “Slim's Time”, The New Yorker, June 1, 2009, p. 52 (English)
- Carlos Slim Elu Biography
- “Slimandia”: biography of the richest man in Mexico Carlos Slim (Russian)