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Carlos Slim Helú
Carlos Slim Helú built Grupo Carso from 1965 and with his family controls América Móvil, Latin America's largest mobile operator, along with Grupo Carso and the bank Grupo Financiero Inbursa.
- Forbes estimate
- $120B
- Forbes, 17 Oct 2026
- Forbes rank
- No. 15
- 20 Sep 2026
- Stake in Grupo Carso
- 76%
- Net worth, Bloomberg
- $118B
- Bloomberg, 10 Oct 2026
- Born
- 28 Jan 1940
- Mexico City, Mexico
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
- Civil engineering degree, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), 1961
- Giving Pledge
- Not a signer
Where the fortune sits
Stakes in América Móvil, Grupo Carso and Grupo Financiero Inbursa
América Móvil
mobile and fixed telecoms, founded 2000
His direct holding of B shares; a Slim family trust holds a further 29.5% of B shares, and the 20-F says the Slim family may be deemed to control the company
Form 20-F for 2025, 31 Mar 2026
Honorary and life chairman
Grupo Carso
conglomerate: retail, industry, infrastructure and energy, founded 1980
He and the six members of his immediate family together, directly or indirectly; he personally holds more than 1% and less than 10%
Grupo Carso 2024 sustainability report (from the annual report for fiscal 2024), 31 Dec 2024
Honorary lifetime chairman
Other holdings
Grupo Financiero Inbursa
Bank and insurer; about 62.53% controlled directly or indirectly by him and his descendants (30 April 2025)
PBF Energy
Family vehicle Control Empresarial held 19.3% of Class A shares on 20 March 2026
Where Carlos stands among 73
Everyone on the site, grouped by their answer. Carlos Slim Helú is outlined.
How the fortune started
Founded it
Founded it 42
Inherited and grew it 12
Built it up 8
Inherited it 6
Through marriage 5
Industry
Several industries
Several industries 9
Technology 24
Finance 10
Metals and mining 6
Retail 4
Fashion and beauty 4
Media 3
Food and drink 3
Shipping 3
Crypto 2
Oil, gas and chemicals 2
Healthcare 1
Casinos and resorts 1
Property and sports 1
Giving Pledge
Not a signer
Not a signer 61
Signed 11
Not stated 1
Education
Bachelor's degree
Bachelor's degree 27
Graduate degree 24
Left university without a degree 6
No university 5
Not stated 11
Role today
Chair, board or owner
Chair, board or owner 25
Runs the company 32
Founder, no executive role 8
No role 4
Retired 4
The person
- Born
- 28 Jan 1940Mexico City, Mexico
- Citizenship
- Mexico
- Lives in
- Mexico City, Mexico
- Education
- Bachelor's degreeCivil engineering degree, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), 1961
- Parents
- Father Julián Slim Haddad, a Lebanese immigrant, owned the dry-goods store La Estrella de Oriente and property in central Mexico City; mother Linda Helú
What they give
- Giving Pledge
- Not a signer
- Foundation
- Fundación Carlos SlimFounded 1986; he also chairs Fundación Telmex
- Lifetime giving
- $4.2BForbes, 26 Mar 2019. Dated Forbes estimate: donations to the Carlos Slim Foundation since 2006, per his spokesman
Role and record
- Role now
- Chair of the boardHonorary lifetime chairman of Grupo Carso; chairman of IDEAL and of his foundations
- Successor
- His sons have taken over: Carlos Slim Domit chairs América Móvil and Grupo Carso; Patrick Slim Domit is co-chairman of América Móvil and was CEO of Grupo Carso; Marco Antonio Slim Domit is a Grupo Carso director
- Public office
- Member, UN high-level advisory group on energy and climate change, Year not stated
- Co-leader, Mexico City Historic Centre citizens' advisory council, 2001-present
- Legal record
- 2001, Texas state district court (Dallas); reversed by the Texas Court of Appeals in 2004After a jury verdict for COC Services in a dispute over a CompUSA franchise deal, the trial judge ordered him personally to pay $85.5 million; in 2004 the Court of Appeals reversed the judgment against him and his companies and ruled that COC take nothing from them.
