Slim, the world's richest man

Conglomerates from mexico, Carlos Slim, who according to Forbes magazine Bill Gates shifts position and Warren Buffett as the richest person on this planet, it has shown good talent to make money from the age of 10 years. Slim got his first pesos from selling soft drinks and food for families who are immigrants from Lebanon.

 

When he entered his youth, Slim's financial knowledge is more sophisticated. He did not just make money from selling conventional items. Young Slim bought the Mexican government bonds. From there he got a valuable lesson about compound interest rate. The calculation of interest rates or call compound interest in Einstein as a great discovery in mathematics and an incredible force. Forbes also noted, Slim is the first person from developing countries at the top of the list of rich people in the world.More than half a century later, Slim is now 70-year-old has a tremendous wealth, for 53.5 billion U.S. dollars. Slim assets range from telecommunications companies, hotels, restaurants, department stores, company property, until the Bank Inbusa. Proverbial, it is difficult to live in mexico without obtaining the services of the company's Slim and profit. Not only in mexico Slim triumphed. He also has a stake in the company's United States, such as retailers Saks and the New York Times Co.

 Slim is not thin and very glad smoking is also known to have a hand "Midas". Remember the story of King Midas whose hands were always able to change things to gold valuable? So Slim. He is known to change the company's going bankrupt back up and make a profit. In 2008, Slim bought a few shares on the New York Times. At present, Warran which he received from the publishing company was worth 250 million U.S. dollars and net worth reached 80 million U.S. dollars. With that much money, means Slim control 16 percent stake in New York Times. Last week speculation that Slim would own shares of the New York Times even more. However, the media conglomerate said Rupert Murdoch, his family will not give control to others, especially from abroad.

Family

 Family environment seems very influential in the formation of personality Slim. His father, Julian Slim Haddad, a Lebanese immigrant who came to mexico early 1900s. He then opened the shop kelontongan Star Of The Orient. During the Mexican revolution. Haddad bought many properties cheaply. immigrant families were hoping for a better life than they do on their countries. Graduated from technical school, Slim real estate company founded in the mid-1960s. A decade after that, he was known by his trademark buying nearly bankrupt companies, including a tobacco company. He also bought a department store, a cafe Sanborns, a mining company, cable and tire manufacturer. When the crisis in Mexico in 1987, unlike others who panic, Slim saw it as an opportunity. When the stock slumped. Slim started buying shares cheap and sell when the stock doubled profits began to improve."We know that the crisis is always temporary. There is no difficulty that lasted for 100 years, there is always a recovery, said Slim".
Slim's wealth does not make him live with-lavish luxury. He still lives in the same house for 40 years and still driving an old mercedes. his clothes were not that expensive. Slim also rarely use the computer. He preferred to record in his book that shabby. Nevertheless, she remains surrounded by armed bodyguards. He distanced himself from a private jet, yacth, and other luxury items such as commonly in other rich people have it. Slim is a baseball fan. Everyday she liked smoking and drinking carbonated soft drinks. Mexican businessmen are also known to have a collection of works of French sculptor, Auguste Rodin. Instead, Slim is the largest collector of Rodin's work outside the French. Manage meseum daughter in mexico art.
 
 Telecommunication Companies

 

  It was only in 1990, Slim bought a telecommunications company. To luck apparently originated from the decision to buy state-owned operator, Telmex, for 1.7 billion U.S. dollars. Telmex when it was like life was not going to shrink from death. Under the management of Slim, Telmex became a profitable company and producing extraordinary pesos. When it Slim bought Telmex, he was not free from criticism and controversy. Some people say, the success he bought Telmex, which is a fixed line operator, can not be separated from the approach it with power, including President Carlos Salinas. Slim busy doing business, Slim also participated in the eradication of poverty, illiteracy, and the extent of Latin American health services. He also made projects of sports for the poor. However, so far he does not plan to donate part of his wealth to set up charitable foundations like the Bill Gates and Warren Buffet.
 
"Businessman's better to do good by creating jobs and wealth through investment, rather than acting like santa claus", he said. Slim has also donated money on several occasions. January last, he gave 65 million U.S. dollars for genetic research for cancer, type 2 diabetes, and kidney disease in Mexico and Latin America. "Wealth should be seen as a responsibility, not a privilege.'s Responsibility to create wealth is even better. It's like maintaining Orchid, we must provide the results to others, but not the trees." Slim said about his wealth. Currently, about 50 million of Mexico's 107 million population under the poverty line. Of the 50 million people, 19.5 million of them are very poor. They do not have the money to buy food. Hopefully Slim philosophy of "responsibility" that rich people followed over many others. The responsibility of people to have is to create an employment, not to make wealth as a "to privilege" for themselves.

 

                                  Biodata :

Carlos SlimBorn: Mexico City, January 28, 1940Father: Joseph Salim HaddadMother: Soumoya Domit Gamayel (1967), died of cancer in 1999Child: 6 peopleNationality: MexicoEducation: Universidad Nacional de Mexico Autonama