The Story of Carlos Slim Helú: From Immigrant to Billionaire

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Carlos Slim Helú was born on 28th January 1940, in Mexico.

His path to wealth is estimated to be worth 83.3 billion USD by the end of July 2022 by Forbes.

When Carlos was 13 years old, his father passed away. He kept working for his late father’s business.

Slim’s wealth is primarily derived from the telecoms industry.

América Movil, formerly known as Teléfonos de Mexico or Telmex, is owned by Slim.

By 2012, Slim’s cell phone business América Movil had acquired Telmex and turned it into a confidentially controlled subsidiary.

América Movil controls more than 80 percent of the landlines and 70 percent of the cell phone connections in Mexico.

The most well-known company in the US is TracFone, an affordable mobile phone provider that Verizon purchased in 2021.

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