The Fifty Richest People On Earth
December 23, 2012 Leave a comment
Carlos Slim Helu On Emotion Management
July 10, 2012 Leave a comment
“Do not allow negative feelings and emotions to control your mind. Emotional harm does not come from others; it is conceived and developed within ourselves.”
Carlos Slim On Making Mistakes
July 8, 2012 2 Comments
“It is not important NOT to make mistakes, but the mistakes to be small” - Carlos Slim Helu
Carlos Slim and the Giving Pledge
August 1, 2011 3 Comments
Carlos Slim Helu is one of the prominent people to have declined to sign the Giving Pledge promoted by Warren Buffett and Bill Gates.Here is his reasoning:
“I prefer that Bill Gates create a Microsoft or Steve Jobs create an Apple.” Giving away their personal wealth “is an interesting idea… but it won’t solve any problems. They will make that money tax deductible and give 5% [of the overall amount] every year to [the actual] charity. If they collect $300 billion, they will use only $15 billion every year. That won’t solve any problems.” Read more of this post
Carlos Slim Helu
July 31, 2011 Leave a comment
Carlos Slim Helu might have made it to the top of the Forbes List the second time in running but he is hardly known in India.Other than a few brief news pieces there has hardly been anything written about him in the Indian Press.
Now here is a man from an emerging economy who has made it to the top of the world rich list.The first to have done so.
His parents were successful in trade and business and so his family was well to do.But he multiplied the family fortune manifold by his own efforts.He was the 5th of 6 children and his father died when he was just 13 years old.However even before that his father gave him a good grounding in business skills especially in book keeping.Carlos made his first investment on his own in government bonds when he turned 13. Read more of this post
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