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
I think I can work with any of them. We are going to continue investing, whoever wins. We think long term, not just four or six years. We believe the country is strong, like almost all the countries in Latin America.
It's important to give a better country to your children, but it is more important to give better children to your country.
My parents weren't artistic, but I was always surrounded by beautiful things. And Mexico is a country which has experienced thousands of years of art and culture.
The key is the Internet. The United States is by far the most advanced country in this new digital culture, so we have to be there. The Internet is the heart of this new civilization, and telecommunications are the nervous system, or circulatory system.
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.