For several years now, the Forbes list (the most authoritative and well-known economic publication in the world) of the richest people has been headed by not everyone known Bill Gates. Today, the name of this person is known throughout the world. This is Mexican Carlos Slim. In 2010, this tycoon made a splash, becoming the first leader in the ranking of the richest people, being not a U.S. citizen, moving other applicants. This was due to the fact that America Molville shares sharply increased in cost by 27%. Currently, the richest person owns 62% of the shares of this corporation.
A Mexican of Arab descent began his career at the age of twelve. He invested his small savings in Banco Nacional de Mexico. Carlos owes his entrepreneurial vein to his father. He taught his sons from an early age to write down all expenses and income in a special notebook, thereby developing the habit of monitoring the balance of financial condition.
At seventeen, the future richest man had a weekly earnings equal to 200 pesos, earning extra money at his father's enterprise. Later, Carlos enters the specialty "Civil Engineering" at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. At the same time, he simultaneously teaches linear programming and algebra in the same place. After graduation, Carlos begins to work as a trader, gradually forming his own company, which later expanded greatly due to profitable investments in other enterprises.
Since 1965, Slim's company includes various other investment firms, construction and mining companies, etc. Already in 1966, his fortune was estimated at 40 million dollars. From 1972 to 1976, he expanded his business, buying up enterprises for the production and rental of construction equipment for the mining industry, as well as shares in the printing, food, restaurant and tobacco businesses.
In 1982, the Mexican economy was hit hard by a sharp drop in oil prices. However, here the richest man was able to find a way out. He buys shares of enterprises at bargain prices , thus becoming their full or partial owner. As a result, Carlos Slim occupies almost all business sectors and various economic niches, gradually entering the world market.
At the moment, Slim owns one of the largest holdings - GrupoCarso, which controls a number of companies (mostly in the field of communications) both in Mexico and in other countries.
At the end of last year, the state of Carlos Slim was 75.5 billion dollars, which is 8% of Mexico's annual GDP.
The richest man in the world does not forget about his native country. His registered fund earmarks huge sums for financing cultural and educational projects, as well as for the development of healthcare in Mexico. The Carlos Slim Foundation has fully sponsored the construction of the Zumaia Museum, whose exposition contains treasures of world history, the work of da Vinci, Renoir, Picasso and other great artists.