Carlos Slim
Carlos Slim
Carlos Slim Helúis a Lebanese Mexican business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. From 2010 to 2013, Slim was ranked as the richest person in the world. Known as the "Warren Buffett of Mexico", he derived his fortune from his extensive holdings in a considerable number of Mexican companies through his conglomerate, Grupo Carso. As of 31 July 2016 he was #7 on Forbes list of billionaires, with a net worth estimated at US$50 billion...
NationalityMexican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth28 January 1940
CityMexico City, Mexico
CountryMexico
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When you live for others' opinions, you are dead.
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In this new wave of technology, you can't do it all yourself, you have to form alliances.
Competition makes you better, always, always makes you better, even if the competitor wins.
Mistakes are normal and human. Make them small, accept them, correct them, and forget them.
Anyone who is not investing now is missing a tremendous opportunity.
Most people try to make a better world for our children when what they should be doing is making better children for our world.
When we face our problems, they disappear. So learn from failure and let success be the silent incentive.
Live the present intensely and fully, do not let the past be a burden, and let the future be an incentive. Each person forges his or her own destiny.
With three work days a week, we would have more time to relax; for quality of life,
If Wal-Mart invests a billion dollars and others invest $100 million, Wal-Mart is going to grow more.
We think that in Mexico, online trading of shares and financial instruments is not going to be as important as it is in the U.S. On days that there is a banking holiday in the U.S., you hardly see any movement here on the stock exchange.
First I opened a check account. I looked at the - I looked that there was nothing of yield. So I bought some bonds. It was a bond. When I bought this bond, it was duplicated in 10 years. I think it was 10 percent.