Carlos Slim is a Mexican telecommunications billionaire, philanthropist, and investor.

He was born on January 28, 1940. The Forbes business journal named Slim the world’s richest person from 2010 through 2013.

He made his money through his business, Grupo Carso, and his vast ownership in a large number of Mexican enterprises.

Education, health care, industrial manufacturing, transportation, real estate, media, energy, hospitality, entertainment, high-technology, retail, sports, and financial services are all part of his empire.

He is responsible for 40% of the Mexican Stock Exchange’s listings.

In August 1926, Julián Slim married Linda Helú Atta. They have 6 children together.

His three elder sons hold crucial roles in Slim’s firms, with the majority of them participating in the day-to-day operations of Slim’s corporate empire. Slim had cardiac surgery in 1999.

What is Carlos Slim’s net worth in 2022?

With a net worth of $73.3 billion as of January 2022, he is ranked as the 15th richest person in the world by Bloomberg Billionaires Index. This also makes him the richest person in Latin America.