Carlos Slim Quotes
Live the present intensely and fully, do not let the past be a burden, and let the future be an incentive. Each person forges his or her own destiny.
Slim Helú, Carlos. "Letter to Young People." Carlos Slim Helú Official Website, 1994, www.carlosslim.com/carta_ing.html.
Carlos Slim Helú is a Mexican business magnate, 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 April 2021, he was ranked at twenty-fourth richest person in the world according to Bloomberg L.P. listing of Bloomberg Billionaires Index, with a net worth estimated at $53.1 billion. He is the richest person in Latin America.