Carlos slim helu brief biography of prophet

A Mexican entrepreneur of Lebanese descent, Carlos Slim became one of the richest individuals in the world at the turn of the twenty-first century.

His family came to Mexico during the first decade of the twentieth century from Lebanon. Son of Julián Slim Haddad, who died when Carlos was only thirteen years old, and Linda Helú, Carlos was the fifth among six siblings.

He was born in Mexico City on January 28, 1940. In 1965 he married Soumaya Domit Gemayel (d.

Carlos slim helu brief biography of prophet

1999), also of Lebanese descent; the couple had six children.

At age nineteen Carlos Slim began engineering studies at the Universidad Nacional Autonóma de Mexico, earning his degree in 1962. In 1966 he launched his entrepreneurial activities by incorporating Immobiliaria Carso, with operations in real estate and construction.

He worked at the Mexican stock market and in 1965 founded Inversora Bursátil, where he worked with his cousin Alfredo Harp Helú, now a well-recognized banker in Mexico.

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