Carlos Slim Quotes

Carlos Slim — Mexican Businessman born on January 28, 1940,

Carlos Slim Helú is a 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", Slim oversees a vast business empire that is influential in every sector of the Mexican economy and accounts for 40% of the listings on the Mexican Stock Exchange. He derived his fortune from his extensive holdings in a considerable number of Mexican companies through his conglomerate, Grupo Carso. The conglomerate comprises a diverse portfolio of businesses from a wide array of industries that include telecommunications, education, health care, industrial manufacturing, food and beverages, real estate, airlines, media, mining, oil, hospitality, entertainment, technology, retail, sports and financial services. Slim is the chairman and chief executive of telecommunications companies Telmex and América Móvil... (wikipedia)

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.

It's important to give a better country to your children, but it is more important to give better children to your country.

I buy companies for strategic reasons and operate them.

Well, when I was very young, maybe 12 years, I began to make investments.