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Profitability is coming from productivity, efficiency, management, austerity, and the way to manage the business.

~Carlos Slim

Topics: Austerity Business Coming Efficiency Manage Management Productivity Profitability Way

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The biggest things in life are not materials.

~Carlos Slim

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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

Topics: Always Art Artistic Beautiful Beautiful Things Country Culture Experienced Mexico Parents Surrounded Things Thousands Thousands Of Years Were Which Years

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It's important to give a better country to your children, but it is more important to give better children to your country.

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Topics: Better Children Country Give Important More Your

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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.

~Carlos Slim

Topics: Activities Businessman Ceo Companies Created Entrepreneur Estate Finance Involved Kinds Like Made Many Medium Mining More Real Real Estate Small Than Thinking Tried I Tried

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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.

~Carlos Slim

Topics: Always Better Better Off Bottom Bottom Line Close Companies Corporate Effective Entrepreneurial Experience Eye Helping Important Just Line Make More Off Others Philanthropy Responsibility Run Said Think Use Well You Your I Think

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I think that anything that has privileges have responsibility and all people that is clear about their responsibility has compromise.

~Carlos Slim

Topics: About All People Anything Clear Compromise People Privileges Responsibility Think I Think

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You need to support human development and human capital as much as possible. And we've had 25 years of programs, great programs. We supported 125,000 surgeries. We fund 15,000 scholarships every year for college and higher education. We gave bicycles for rural areas. We gave laptops.

~Carlos Slim

Topics: Area Capital College Development Education Every Fund Gave Great Had Higher Higher Education Human Laptops Much Need Possible Programs Rural Rural Areas Scholarships Support Supported Year Years You

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I studied engineering in the national university, the Universidad Autonoma, in San Ildefonso. There is art everywhere, murals on the walls. It's beautiful.

~Carlos Slim

Topics: Art Beautiful Engineering Everywhere Mural National San Studied University Walls

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Our philosophy is you need to give nonprofit money for health, nutrition, education, culture, and sports.

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Topics: Culture Education Give Health Money Need Nonprofit Nutrition Our Philosophy Sports You

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Biography

Nationality: Mexican

Type: Businessman

Born: January 28th, 1940

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