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
We have great confidence in Colombia, great confidence in its government and great confidence in Colombia's future.
We will devote all the resources necessary to make this venture a success.
There are people who are good for letters and others that are good for numbers.
Our philosophy is you need to give nonprofit money for health, nutrition, education, culture, and sports.
It's a society of knowledge and experience. You have better experience and knowledge when you are 60, 65 and 70.
CompUSA was a bad decision. We stayed too much with CompUSA, and we stayed too short with Apple.
You want to have a toy and another toy, and that's not maturity. The biggest things in life are not materials.
The year 1983 was crazy. People wanted to sell not only their investments... but also their companies.
How can you be on top of the things you do? I think when you are involved in a business, first of all you need to know the business. After that you know the business, you can - the numbers tell you what is happening. You can read with the numbers.
Low interest rates are a big opportunity for investment. But the issue is that this money should go to the real economy, not the financial economy.
I buy companies for strategic reasons and operate them.
Profitability is coming from productivity, efficiency, management, austerity, and the way to manage the business.
At 25, I made many companies. I was thinking more like a businessman or entrepreneur than a CEO. I created many companies, small companies, medium companies. I tried to be involved in many kinds of activities, in finance, in real estate, in mining.
Any personal crisis - you have to use it to get stronger.