Carlos Slim Carlos Slim Carlos Slim Helú (; born January 28, 1940) is a Mexican business magnate, engineer, investor and philanthropist. From 2010 to 2013, Slim was ranked as the richest person in the world by the "Forbes" business magazine. He derived his fortune from his extensive holdings in a considerable number of Mexican companies through his conglomerate, Grupo Carso. As of August 2018, he is the seventh-richest person in the world according to "Forbes" listing of The World's Billionaires with a net worth estimated at $67.4 billion. He is the richest man in Mexico. His conglomerate includes education, health care, industrial
Carlos Slim in copper and aluminum products, along with a chemicals business, Química Fluor, and others. Slim made a large fortune in the early 1990s when Mexico privatized its telecom industry and Grupo Carso acquired Telmex from the Mexican government. In 1990 the Grupo Carso was floated as a public company initially in Mexico and then worldwide. Grupo Carso also acquired majority ownership of Porcelanite, a tile making company in 1990. This investment was assigned to an associated company, but in 1995 Grupo Carso began growing its equity stake to 83 percent and subsequently made it a subsidiary. Later in 1990, Slim