What To Do In A Crisis - Carlos Slim Helu

Carlos Slim Helu
Company: Grupo Carso
Net Worth: $35 Billion

He has been called the Warren Buffett of Latin America. With an estimated net worth of $35 billion, Helu is one of the richest people in the world. He is known for never cracking a smile, but Helu’s current monopoly over the telecommunications industry in Mexico must surely make him one happy businessman. With his hands now in all of the retail, banking and insurance, technology, and auto parts manufacturing industries, Helu shows no signs of slowing down.

There is no one in the world quite like Carlos Slim Helu. Until his recent jump into the Forbes’ list of the world’s wealthiest, he was something of a mystery to the business world. He worked in relative isolation, with no computers in the basement of his drab two-storey office building. But, his seclusion should not be mistaken for a weakness. Indeed, his power is so great, that when he did suffer a weakness in the form of heart surgery a few years back, his companies’ shares actually began to tremble. So, just how did this son of Lebanese immigrants become one of the wealthiest people in the world, and a household name across an entire continent?

Advice For Entrepreneurs:

“When there is a crisis, that’s when some are interested in getting out and that’s when we are interested in getting in.”