Zitat des Tages von Carlos Slim:
There are people who are good for letters and others that are good for numbers.
How can you be on top of the things you do? I think when you are involved in a business, first of all you need to know the business. After that you know the business, you can - the numbers tell you what is happening. You can read with the numbers.
The artistic part of us all - I think that the easiest way to appreciate this - is through architecture. Architecture is very impressive; the beauty of buildings, temples.
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.
I studied engineering in the national university, the Universidad Autonoma, in San Ildefonso.
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.
It's important to give a better country to your children, but it is more important to give better children to your country.
I don't have business with any politicians.
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.
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.
If Wal-Mart invests a billion dollars and others invest $100 million, Wal-Mart is going to grow more.
Profitability is coming from productivity, efficiency, management, austerity, and the way to manage the business.
The year 1983 was crazy. People wanted to sell not only their investments... but also their companies.
You want to have a toy and another toy, and that's not maturity. The biggest things in life are not materials.
No, my father passed away when I was 13 years old. I was very young.
I buy companies for strategic reasons and operate them.
Our philosophy is you need to give nonprofit money for health, nutrition, education, culture, and sports.
Any personal crisis - you have to use it to get stronger.
Well, when I was very young, maybe 12 years, I began to make investments.
You should have more time for you during all of your life - not when you're 65 and retired.
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.
