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.
I think I can work with any of them.
The artistic part of us all - I think that the easiest way to appreciate this - is through architecture. Architecture is very impressive; the beauty of buildings, temples.
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.
We have great confidence in Colombia, great confidence in its government and great confidence in Colombia's future.
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.