Carlos Slim Helú quotes

Carlos Slim Helú is a Mexican business magnate, investor, and philanthropist, widely recognized as one of the richest people in the world. His business empire spans telecommunications, retail, banking, and other major industries in Latin America. He is known for his influential role in Mexico's economy and global business. Here are 17 of his quotes:

To have simple structures and organizations with minimal hierarchical levels, with human development and in house training of executive functions. To have flexibility and speed in making decisions. Operating with the advantages of the small business, which are what comprise big businesses. (Carlos Slim Helú)
It's important to give a better country to your children, but it is more important to give better children to your country. View quote
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When I was very young, maybe 12 years, I began to make investments. View quote
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If you are in business, you are not enjoying. You are working. View quote
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The biggest things in life are not materials. View quote
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I think that anything that has privileges have responsibility and all people that is clear about their responsibility has compromise. View quote
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No, my father passed away when I was 13 years old. I was very young. View quote
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In high school, I loved history. I also loved cosmography, algebra. Mexico is so rich in culture and history, and I have always enjoyed that. View quote
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My mother born in Mexico, but was Lebanese in origin. She born 1902 the same year my father arrived to Mexico when he was 14 years old. View quote
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You cannot make thousands of universities or hundreds of thousands of professors, but with technology and the Internet you can have great courses and make a digital university. View quote
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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 Helú)
I love baseball. And American Football, too. But not rugby. View quote
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I studied engineering in the national university, the Universidad Autonoma, in San Ildefonso. View quote
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At 25, I made many companies. I was thinking more like a businessman or entrepreneur than a CEO. I created many companies, small companies, medium companies. I tried to be involved in many kinds of activities, in finance, in real estate, in mining. View quote
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Profitability is coming from productivity, efficiency, management, austerity, and the way to manage the business. View quote
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I buy companies for strategic reasons and operate them. View quote
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I've always said that the better off you are, the more responsibility you have for helping others. Just as I think it's important to run companies well, with a close eye to the bottom line, I think you have to use your entrepreneurial experience to make corporate philanthropy effective. View quote
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