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What will happen to the fortune of Carlos Slim at the end of 2022, the richest person in Mexico

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Slim is the richest person in Mexico and Latin America. Photo: Raquel Kona/Reuters

The Entrepreneur Carlos Slimthe owner of such companies Grupo Carso and America Móvil, is the richest person in Mexico and Latin America, and one of the richest people in the world. Mexican billionaire He has seen his fortune grow in recent months, So much so that according to the list bloomberg One of the richest people in the world The year will close with an increase in it.

This is due to the high shares of their companies on the stock exchange. According to him bloomberg billionaires index, The wealth of the Mexican businessman of Lebanese origin is 80 thousand and 100 million dollars He is in office 12 of the richest people in the world. The list is headed by the owner Tesla and Twitter, Elon Musk. However, the Mexican is ahead of other great business figures around the world, such as the Walton family, the wealthiest in the United States and owners of Wal-Mart; Amancio Ortega, the richest person in Spain, owner of Zara and Pull & Bear, as well as CEO of Meta Mark Zuckerberg.

Slim’s net worth also goes back to Diversifying their business in various sectorsIncluding Telecommunications, finance, consumption, industry, automotive, mining, real estate, infrastructure, energy, and construction.

Its most valuable asset is its telecommunications center mobile america, conglomerate Grupo Carso and Grupo Financiero Inbursa.

According to Bloomberg, Slim is currently worth $80.1 billion.  Photograph: Louis Curtis/Reuters
According to Bloomberg, Slim is currently worth $80.1 billion. Photograph: Louis Curtis/Reuters

However, the list of billionaires Forbes In real time, it indicates that Slim’s wealth is greater than that indicated by Bloomberg, as he stated that his wealth is equivalent to 84 thousand 200 million dollars, This made him the tenth richest person in the world.

Slim’s business history began when he was just a boy. and that is At the age of 10, he discovered a place where they sold wholesale sweets and his first order of business was to resell those goods under the stairs of his house.It is located in Polanco near Lincoln Park. In addition, the businessman of Lebanese origin started working with his father, Julian Slim Haddad Since he was very young and thanks to him he had an approach in the world of finance and business, giving him lessons in basic financial education.

also, Julian Slim taught the telecom tycoon how to manage his savings in order to better manage his expenses and income Through notebooks that he himself gave him to make corresponding records of his expenses, purchases, and movements. When he was only 12 years old, the businessman managed to open his first checkbook and buy shares in the Mexican Stock Exchange (BMV).

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After completing his studies at the Faculty of Engineering at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, where he obtained the title of Civil Engineer; Carlos Slim started the bases of Grupo Carso, one of the largest and most important business conglomerates in Mexico and Latin America. In infrastructure, construction, energy, industry and research. The formation of this consortium was thanks to the fact that He began acquiring industrial companies, and the profits made from these businesses were reinvested or used to acquire more companies.

According to Forbes, Slim has a net worth of more than $84 billion.  Photo: Raquel Kona/Reuters
According to Forbes, Slim has a net worth of more than $84 billion. Photo: Raquel Kona/Reuters

however, It wasn’t until 1991 that Carlos Slim first appeared in the list of billionaires I made and published Forbes. At the time, the billionaire had a fortune of $1.7 billion and was the second Mexican to enter the ranking, since Garza-Sada family She previously appeared on the list with a net worth of $2 billion thanks to Run Alpha groupa consortium that covered businesses from petrochemicals to tourism management.

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