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Buying shares at age 12 from bank of Mexico
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He went to Autonomous National University of Mexico to Study civil engineering.
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After a few years of teaching, Carlos Slim incorporated his first business venture, a stock brokerage.
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He bought all or a large percentage of numerous Mexican businesses, including Reynolds Aluminio, General Popo (General Tire's trading name in Mexico), Bimex hotels, and the Sanborns food retailer.
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he acquired Hoteles Calinda (now OSTAR Grupo Hotelero), and in 1993, he increased his stakes in General Tire and Grupo Aluminio to the point where he had a majority interest.
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Slim invested in the Volaris airline
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Largest phone service in Latin America.
His phone company value is 150 billion dollars -
Slim surprised the business world with his purchase of a 6.4 percent stake in the troubled New York Times Company
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Slim made the Times a loan of $250 million.
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Carlos Slim Fund Scholarships for GW Graduate Students
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Billionaire Carlos Slim Invests $40 Million In App Developer Shazam
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On April 23, 2014 Slim took control of Telekom Austria established in seven central and Eastern European countries outside Austria.
