I leave you the best phrases of Carlos Slim, currently one of the richest men in the world, owner of Grupo Carso, a conglomerate of companies in the commercial, communication, industrial and consumer sectors
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Some facts about Slim's wealth
-On March 29, 2007, Slim surpassed American investor Warren Buffet as the second richest man in the world, with a fortune valued at 53.1 billion dollars, compared to 52.4 for Buffet.
-According to the Wall Street Journal, Slim credits part of his fortune to the writings of his friend, futurist and writer Alvin Toffler.
-On August 8, 2007, Fortune claimed that Slim had surpassed Bill Gates as the richest person in the world. The Mexican's fortune exceeded $ 59 billion, compared to Gates' 58 billion.
-On March 5, 2008, Forbes ranked Slim as the second richest person in the world, after Warren Buffett and ahead of Bill Gates.
-On March 11, 2009, Forbes ranked Slim as the third richest person in the world, behind Gates and Buffett and ahead of Larry Ellison.
-On March 10, 2010, Forbes announced again that Slim had surpassed Gates as the richest person in the world, with a fortune of 53.5 billion dollars. At the time, Gates and Buffett were worth $ 53 billion and $ 47 billion respectively. It was the first time in 16 years that the person at the top of the list was not from the United States.
-In March 2011, Forbes maintained Slim as the richest person in the world, with a fortune estimated at 74 billion dollars.
-In December 2012, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Carlos Slim Helú continued to be the richest person in the world with a fortune of 75.5 billion dollars.
-On May 16, 2013, Bloomberg LP ranked Slim as the second richest person in the world, after Bill Gates.
-In September 2014, Forbes ranked Slim as number 1 on the billionaires list, with a fortune of $ 81.6 billion.
-Its current assets are estimated at around 66 100 million dollars.
Your most prominent quotes
1-Competition makes you better, always, always makes you better, even if the competitor wins.
2-The greatest things in life are not material.
3-If you are in business, you need to understand the environment. You need to have a vision of the future and you need to know the past.
4-You have to have an international reference of competence. You have to go beyond your home.
5-When there is a crisis, it is when some are interested in leaving and we are interested in entering.
6-Every moment is good for those who know how to work and have the tools to do it.
7-When I was very young, maybe 12 years old, I started making investments.
8-Each person forges their own destiny.
9-When you live for the opinions of others, you are dead. I don't want to live thinking about how I'll be remembered.
10-I have always said that the better you are, the more responsibility you have to help others.
11-It is important to give a better country to our children, but it is more important to give better children to your country.
12-When we decide to do something, we do it quickly.
13-The only way in which you end poverty is with jobs.
14-I believe that anything that has privileges has responsibility and all people who are clear about their responsibilities have commitment.
15-In this new wave of technology, you cannot do everything yourself, you have to form alliances.
16-Maintain austerity in good times to avoid layoffs in bad times.
17-Do not allow negative feelings and emotions to control your mind. Emotional pain does not come from others; It is developed and conceived within us.
18-Errors are normal and human. Eat them small, accept them, correct them and forget them.
19-When we face problems, they disappear. Learn from failure and let success be the silent incentive.
20-Firm and patient optimism always pays off.
21-Poverty is not solved with donations.
22-All companies make mistakes. The trick is to avoid the big ones.
23-I do not believe much in luck. I believe in circumstances. I believe in work.
24-Use any personal crisis to become stronger.
25-Success is not doing things well or very well and having the recognition of others. It is not an external opinion, it is an internal state.