Carlos Slim

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Carlos Slim Is Not Santa Claus
When it comes to philanthropy, Carlos Slim, currently the richest man in the world, has got a very interesting opinion: simply put, he believes charity doesn’t really do much good. Sometime in 2007 he asserted that he believed he could do more by building businesses than by giving away money. Poor people need employment, not […]
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Carlos Slim – First World’s Richest Man from Mexico
Carlos Slim Helú was born in Mexico on January 28, 1940. His origins however are much more exotic than that. Both his parents were Lebanese, so Carlos Slim has eastern blood running though his veins. His father, Julián Slim Haddad left Lebanon and moved to Mexico when he was only 14. Here he later met […]
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