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
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.
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.
When I was very young, maybe 12 years, I began to make investments.
You should have more time for you during all of your life - not when you're 65 and retired.
You need to support human development and human capital as much as possible. And we've had 25 years of programs, great programs. We supported 125,000 surgeries. We fund 15,000 scholarships every year for college and higher education. We gave bicycles for rural areas. We gave laptops.
When everybody else is better off, they can buy more, they strengthen demand, strengthen the market, strengthen the country.
I studied engineering in the national university, the Universidad Autonoma, in San Ildefonso.
I love baseball. And American Football, too. But not rugby.
No, my father passed away when I was 13 years old. I was very young.
Staying occupied displaces preoccupation and problems, and when we face our problems, they disappear.
Choose the right employees and then set them loose.
I think that anything that has privileges have responsibility and all people that is clear about their responsibility has compromise.
All businesses make mistakes. The trick is to avoid large ones.
Firm and patient optimism always yields its rewards.