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
Choose the right employees and then set them loose.
I still have my laptop but I haven't used it. I'm a paper man, not electronic.
You cannot have people in your organization who are pessimists. They take you to mediocrity.
Anyone who is not investing now is missing a tremendous opportunity.
Most people try to make a better world for our children when what they should be doing is making better children for our world.
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.
If Wal-Mart invests a billion dollars and others invest $100 million, Wal-Mart is going to grow more.
First I opened a check account. I looked at the - I looked that there was nothing of yield. So I bought some bonds. It was a bond. When I bought this bond, it was duplicated in 10 years. I think it was 10 percent.
I think I can work with any of them.
You should have more time for you during all of your life - not when you're 65 and retired.
Any personal crisis - you have to use it to get stronger.
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.
Profitability is coming from productivity, efficiency, management, austerity, and the way to manage the business.
I buy companies for strategic reasons and operate them.