Carlos Slim Helú (born January 28, 1940, Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican entrepreneur who became one of the wealthiest people in the world.

Carlos Slim Helú built his fortune one brick at a time upon the solid foundation bequeathed to him by his wealthy father, eventually becoming the richest man in the world for a while (in 2024...

Slim has collected more than $20 billion in dividends from his investments, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

Mexico's richest person, Carlos Slim Helú and his family control América Móvil, Latin America's biggest mobile telecom firm. With foreign telecom partners, Slim bought a...

In the wake of the dot.com bust of 2000, foreign-owned cellular ventures throughout Latin America floundered. Slim scooped them up, combining cellular services in a market he understood better than anyone else. Financier and philanthropist Carlos Slim Helú, at home in Mexico City, 2000.

Carlos Slim is a Mexican born billionaire investor and famous philanthropist. He currently owns over 200 businesses in a wide variety of industries and has been named by 'Forbes' magazine, as the richest man in the world, several years in a row.

Mexican telecom mogul Carlos Slim’s fortune has passed the $100 billion mark for the first time, a dozen years after he was crowned the wealthiest person in the world.

Carlos Slim, the wealthiest man in Latin America and founder of Grupo Carso, recently expressed his view on Mexico’s outgoing López Obrador administration and shared his...

Carlos Slim Helú keeps his long-held spot as Mexico’s richest person. At an estimated $62.8 billion, he’s worth $10.7 billion more than a year ago.