Who is Carlos Slim?
Carlos Slim Helú is the Mexican telecoms magnate behind América Móvil and Grupo Carso, the richest person in Latin America and the 15th richest in the world, with $125.9 billion on Forbes’ real-time list on 12 November 2026 4. Forbes ranked him the world’s richest person from 2010 to 2013 1.
How did Carlos Slim make his money?
Slim built his fortune through Grupo Carso, a conglomerate that bought Mexico’s telephone monopoly Telmex when the government privatised it in 1990 and grew it into América Móvil, Latin America’s biggest mobile operator 12. Celebrity Net Worth puts his stake in América Móvil at roughly 57%, and he also holds large stakes in the bank and insurer Grupo Financiero Inbursa and in other companies, including the New York Times, half of which he sold in 2017 15.
Early life and education
Slim was born on 28 January 1940 in Mexico City to Julián Slim Haddad and Linda Helú, both Maronite Christians from Lebanon. He studied civil engineering at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, graduating in 1961 13.
Family and succession
He married Soumaya Domit in the 1960s and she died in 1999. They had six children, Carlos, Marco Antonio, Patrick, Soumaya, Vanessa and Johanna, and his three sons run much of the group 36. See Carlos Slim’s family.
Carlos Slim net worth
Forbes’ real-time list valued Slim and family at $125.9 billion on 12 November 2026, about ₹11.8 lakh crore at ₹94 to the dollar 4. Our Carlos Slim net worth page has the details, and our ranking of the top 50 richest people in the world places him among the ten richest non-Americans.