Carlos Slim has an estimated net worth of $68.7 billion

Carlos Slim is a Mexican business magnate, investor, and philanthropist with an estimated net worth of $68.7 billion. Carlos Slim Helú was born on January 28, 1940 in Mexico City, Mexico to Maronite Catholic parents of Lebanese descent. Slim’s father, Julián Slim Haddad owned a dry goods store called La Estrella del Oriente. He also invested in real estate in Mexico City’s commercial district. Those two enterprises brought considerable wealth to Slim’s family.

Slim and his siblings were taught business sense from their father by an early age. By the time he was 12, Slim owned shares in a Mexican bank. At 17, he was earning 200 pesos a week working for his father’s company. Carlos Slim went on to study civil engineering at the National Autonomous University of Mexico while simultaneously teaching linear algebra and linear programming. He was concurrently a student and teacher at the university.

Carlos Slim eventually founded Grupo Carso which holds massive investments in diverse fields like finance, retail, technology, and communications. Slim serves as the chairman and chief executive of telecommunication companies Telmex and América Móvil. América Móvil was Latin America’s largest mobile phone carrier, and accounted for $49 billion of Slim’s wealth in 2010. Carlos Slim was the wealthiest man in the world from 2010-2013. He is currently the second wealthiest person in the world, after Bill Gates.

Carlos Slim bought New York City’s famed  Duke-Semans Mansion for $44 million. The 20,000 sqft. mansion includes a doctor’s office in the basement, a five-story main residence, a penthouse duplex on the top, 12 bedrooms, 14 bathrooms, and 11 wood-burning fireplaces.

 Carlos Slim has enough net worth to buy:

1. 3,928,026.2 Ghom Collection Persian Rugs ($17,489.70 each)

2. 18,320,000 Jura Impressa Z7 One Touch Coffee Makers ($3,750 each)

3. 505,518.7 Audi A8 L W12 Sedans ($135,900 each)

Carlos Slim has enough net worth to give everyone in China $50.45