The richest man in the world is Carlos Slim

For several years the list of "Forbes"(the authoritative and well-known economic publication in the world) of the richest people is headed by not everyone known Bill Gates. To date, the name of this man is known all over the world. It's the Mexican Carlos Slim. In 2010, this tycoon made a furor, becoming the first leader of the richest people rating, being not a US citizen, pushing other contenders. This was due to the fact that the shares of the company "America Molville" increased sharply in the cost price by 27%. At present, the richest man owns 62% of the shares of this corporation.

I started my career as a Mexican Arabicorigin at the age of twelve. He invested his small savings in the company Banco Nacional de Mexico. His entrepreneurial vein Carlos is obliged to his father. He taught his sons from an early age to write down all expenses and incomes in a special notebook, thereby developing the habit of monitoring the balance of the financial situation.

At seventeen, the future richest manhad a weekly earnings of 200 pesos, earning money at his father's enterprise. Later, Carlos entered the Civil Engineering specialty at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. At the same time he simultaneously teaches linear programming and algebra. After graduation, Carlos begins to work as a trader, gradually forming his own firm, which in the future has greatly expanded due to profitable investments in other enterprises.

Since 1965, the company Sliemaincludes various other investment firms, construction and mining companies, etc. Already in 1966, his fortune was estimated at $ 40 million. From 1972 to 1976, he expanded his business, buying up enterprises for the production and leasing of construction equipment, for the mining industry, as well as shares in the printing, food, restaurant and tobacco business.

In 1982, due to a sharp drop in oil pricesThe Mexican economy suffered a lot. However, even here the richest man managed to find a way out. He buys shares of enterprises at bargain prices, thus becoming their full or partial owner. As a result, Carlos Slim occupies almost all branches of business and various economic niches, gradually entering the world market.

At the moment, Slim owns one of the largest holdings - GrupoCarso, which controls a number of companies (mostly in the communications sector) both in Mexico and in other countries.

At the end of last year, the state of Carlos Slim was 75.5 billion dollars, which equals 8% of Mexico's annual GDP.

The richest man in the world does not forget hishome country. Its nominal fund allocates huge sums for financing of cultural and educational projects, and also on development of public health services in Mexico. Carlos Slim Foundation fully sponsored the construction of the museum "Zumaia", the exposition of which contains the treasures of world history, the work of da Vinci, Renoir, Picasso and other great artists.