Carlos Slim Helu — Mexico's wealthiest man — is one of the richest self-made billionaires in the world. Slim's influence is far-reaching in Mexico and abroad. Bloomberg estimates Slim's net ...

How did Carlos Slim become so rich? As far as Slim's fortune is concerned, it's similar to that of the old Rockefeller family than it is to Bill Gates'. The only way he built an empire was by ...

Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim Helú—whose family fortune of about $74 billion makes him the world’s richest human (well ahead of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett on the Forbes list of ...

Carlos Slim Helú lost his spot atop our world billionaires list this year, but the Mexican telecom magnate is still the richest in Latin America — by $52.3 billion.

Wireless wealth pushed Carlos Slim Helu to the top of the rich list. Firstborn Carlos Jr. - the only bachelor among the brothers - cut his teeth on the family's retail chain, Sanborns. Marco ...

Last week, Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim Helu, who goes by just Carlos Slim, ... Slim was 12 when his father died, leaving the family a retail store and some real estate in downtown Mexico City.

After arriving in Mexico, Carlos’ father changed his name to Julián Slim Haddad. The family was part of an immigration wave of Lebanese Christians who poured into Mexico in the late 1800s and ...

WASHINGTON—In the midst of its circulating U.S. media ownership rules reported to maintain the status quo, the Federal Communications Commission announced Tuesday that Puerto Rico Telephone Co. and ...

Wireless wealth pushed Carlos Slim Helu to the top of the rich list. Firstborn Carlos Jr. - the only bachelor among the brothers - cut his teeth on the family's retail chain, Sanborns. Marco ...

After arriving in Mexico, Carlos’ father changed his name to Julián Slim Haddad. The family was part of an immigration wave of Lebanese Christians who poured into Mexico in the late 1800s and ...