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2015 Forbes Billionaires List - #2 Carlos Slim Helu & Family |
Real Time Net Worth As of 3/18/15 = $70.8 Billion
2015 Billionaires Net Worth = $77.1 Billion
Honorary Chairman, América Móvil
Age = 75
Source Of Wealth = telecom, Self Made
Residence = Mexico City, Mexico
Citizenship = Mexico
Marital Status = Widowed
Children = 6
Education = Bachelor of Arts / Science, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
Carlos Slim Helu is one of the three richest men in the world, despite changes in the Mexican telecom landscape, where he has prospered greatly over the past two decades.
A new anti-monopoly law is driving some of the shifts.
In June 2014, he spent $5.6 billion to buy out AT&T's 8.3% stake in pan-Latin American wireless carrier America Movil -- by far Slim's most valuable asset. He and his children now own 62% of the company.
AT&T then became an America Movil competitor in Mexico, when it purchased wireless carrier Grupo Iusacell from Mexican billionaire Ricardo Salinas Pliego in January 2015.
Outside of telecom, Slim took private his listed real estate company, Innmeubles Carso, paying minority shareholders $450 million in December 2014. A month later, he became the largest shareholder of The New York Times, with a nearly 17% stake, by exercising warrants to buy more shares.
Slim also holds a controlling interest in industrial conglomerate Grupo Carso, financial venture Grupo Financiero Inbursa and infrastructure development and operating company Ideal.
Source: Forbes - Billionaires
