Carlos slim

Carlos Slim Timeline

By shacam1

  • Birth & location of Carlos Slim

    Birth & location of Carlos Slim

  • Bank shares

    Bank shares
    Buying shares at age 12 from bank of Mexico

  • College

    College
    He went to Autonomous National University of Mexico to Study civil engineering.

  • First Business

    First Business
    After a few years of teaching, Carlos Slim incorporated his first business venture, a stock brokerage.

  • Ownership

    He bought all or a large percentage of numerous Mexican businesses, including Reynolds Aluminio, General Popo (General Tire's trading name in Mexico), Bimex hotels, and the Sanborns food retailer.

  • Hotel

    Hotel
    he acquired Hoteles Calinda (now OSTAR Grupo Hotelero), and in 1993, he increased his stakes in General Tire and Grupo Aluminio to the point where he had a majority interest.

  • Airlines

    Airlines
    Slim invested in the Volaris airline

  • Phone business

    Phone business
    Largest phone service in Latin America.
    His phone company value is 150 billion dollars

  • NYT

    NYT
    Slim surprised the business world with his purchase of a 6.4 percent stake in the troubled New York Times Company

  • Loaning money

    Loaning money
    Slim made the Times a loan of $250 million.

  • Funding

    Funding
    Carlos Slim Fund Scholarships for GW Graduate Students

  • Shazam

    Shazam
    Billionaire Carlos Slim Invests $40 Million In App Developer Shazam

  • Austria

    Austria
    On April 23, 2014 Slim took control of Telekom Austria established in seven central and Eastern European countries outside Austria.