Carlos Slim Helu
Mexico City, Mexico
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
Mexico
América Móvil | The New York Times
telecom, Self Made
$57,600,000,000
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#5 Billionaires 2019
#20 Powerful People 2018
Mexico's richest man, Carlos Slim Helu and his family control America Movil, Latin America's biggest mobile telecom firm. With foreign telecom partners, Slim bought a stake in Telmex, Mexico's only phone company, in 1990. Telmex is now part of America Movil. He also owns stakes in Mexican construction, consumer goods, mining and real estate companies and 17% of The New York Times. His son-in-law Fernando Romero designed the Soumaya Museum in Mexico City, home to Slim's extensive, eclectic art collection.
Every Sunday his father would give Carlos a 5-peso allowance, requiring him to record his purchases in a ledger.Before going into business, Slim taught algebra at UNAM, a university in Mexico City.
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