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Your continued donations keep Wikipedia runningCarlos Slim Hel?From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia(Redirected from Carlos Slim Helu)Jump to: navigation, searchCarlos Slim Hel?Born:January 28, 1940Mexico City, MexicoOccupation:Chief executive officerNet worth: $30.0 billion USD [1]Carlos Slim Hel? (born January 28, 1940 in Mexico City) is a Mexican businessman. He is Latin Americas richest man, and 3rd richest in the world according to Forbes[2].Slim has a substantial influence over the telecommunications industry in Mexico and indeed the whole latin American region. He controls Teléfonos de México (Telmex), Telcel and América M?vil companies. Though he maintains an active involvement in his companies, his three sons Carlos Slim Domit, Marco Antonio Slim Domit and Patrick Slim Domit head them on a day to day basis.Contents1 Early history2 Achievements, Directorships2.1 Kingpin of telecoms3 Awards3.1 Chapultepec Accord3.2 Family4 See also5 External links[edit]Early historyHis father Juli?n Slim Haddad Aglamaz (né Yusef Salim Haddad Aglamaz), a Lebanese Maronite from Jezzine, fled as a teenager to Mexico City in 1902, to escape the harsh military rule of the Ottoman Turks. Juli?n established a dry goods store called La Estrella del Oriente (Star of the Orient) in 1911, and shrewdly bought up some prime real estate in the city centre. Juli?n married the daughter of another prosperous Lebanese merchant, and had six children, of which Carlos was the fifth.Juli?n died in 1952, leaving his family a moderately prosperous economic base from which Carlos launched his successful financial career. Carlos credits his father as his mentor in business, retailing and finance. Slim said, courage taught me no matter how bad a crisis gets, Mexico isnt going to disappear, and that if I have confidence in the country, any sound investment will eventually pay off. [3].He is an engineer by profession, graduated from the Universidad Nacional Aut?noma de México (UNAM) (National Autonomous University of Mexico) in 1961, where before graduating he taught Algebra and Linear Programming. He has given lectures in public and private institutions, and also in international bodies such as the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).In an announcment on 8th of September 2006, Slim made public plans to match dollar for dollar all donations to charitable foundations in Mexico.[edit]Achievements, DirectorshipsHe has been vice-president of the Mexican Stock Exchange and President of the Mexican Association of Brokerage Houses. He was the first President of the Latin-American Committee of the New York Stock Exchange Administration Council, and was in office from 1996 through 1998.He was on the Board of Directors of the Altria (Previously Philip Morris) Group (resigned in April, 2006) and Alcatel. He was on the Board of Directors of SBC Communications until July 2004 to devote more time to the World Education amp; Development Fund, which focussed on infrastruc
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