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Carlos Slim

Carlos Slim

Mexican Businessman

Born: Jan 28, 1940

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It's important to give a better country to your children, but it is more important to give better children to your country. Carlos Slim

Better Country Important Give More Children Your

You want to have a toy and another toy, and that's not maturity. The biggest things in life are not materials. Carlos Slim

Life You Maturity Toy Another Materials Want Biggest Biggest Things Things

You need to support human development and human capital as much as possible. And we've had 25 years of programs, great programs. We supported 125,000 surgeries. We fund 15,000 scholarships every year for college and higher education. We gave bicycles for rural areas. We gave laptops. Carlos Slim

Education Great You College Higher Education Year Every Programs Gave Possible Rural Rural Areas Area Higher Had Scholarships Support Supported Development Years Human Human Development Capital Much Laptops Fund Need

The biggest things in life are not materials. Carlos Slim

Life Materials Biggest Biggest Things Things

My parents weren't artistic, but I was always surrounded by beautiful things. And Mexico is a country which has experienced thousands of years of art and culture. Carlos Slim

Beautiful Art Culture Parents Country Thousands Thousands Of Years Beautiful Things Always Were Years Mexico Surrounded Artistic Experienced Which Things

No, my father passed away when I was 13 years old. I was very young. Carlos Slim

Old Father Young Passed Years Very Away

If you are in business, you are not enjoying. You are working. Carlos Slim

You Business Working Enjoying

I studied engineering in the national university, the Universidad Autonoma, in San Ildefonso. There is art everywhere, murals on the walls. It's beautiful. Carlos Slim

Beautiful Art Walls National Engineering Everywhere Studied San Mural University

We don't take anything when we pass away, and we need to do with the sense of responsibility. Carlos Slim

Responsibility Sense Take Pass Anything Away Need

When I was very young, maybe 12 years, I began to make investments. Carlos Slim

Young Investments Make Years Began Very Maybe

First I opened a check account. I looked at the - I looked that there was nothing of yield. So I bought some bonds. It was a bond. When I bought this bond, it was duplicated in 10 years. I think it was 10 percent. Carlos Slim

First Nothing Think Some Percent Bought Check Opened Looked Years Account Yield Duplicated Bond Bonds

You don't need to raise taxes on rich people, because they create capitalization and investment. But you need to tax speculation - meaning capital gains. Carlos Slim

You People Rich Investment Because Tax Gains Meaning Taxes Rich People Capital Capital Gains Create Raise Need Speculation

I buy companies for strategic reasons and operate them. Carlos Slim

Buy Operate Them Companies Reasons Strategic

I don't have business with any politicians. Carlos Slim

Business Politicians Any

Any personal crisis - you have to use it to get stronger. Carlos Slim

You Stronger Crisis Get Personal Any Use

The year 1983 was crazy. People wanted to sell not only their investments... but also their companies. Carlos Slim

Crazy People Year Crazy People Only Investments Also Sell Wanted Companies

CompUSA was a bad decision. We stayed too much with CompUSA, and we stayed too short with Apple. Carlos Slim

Decision Too Much Too Bad Stayed Short Much Apple

If Wal-Mart invests a billion dollars and others invest $100 million, Wal-Mart is going to grow more. Carlos Slim

Others More Invest Dollars Wal-Mart Going Billion Billion Dollars Grow Million

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