Carlos Slim Helú
Carlos Slim Helú is a Mexican business magnate, investor, and philanthropist who serves as the honorary chairman of América Móvil, Latin America's largest mobile telecommunications firm. He derives the core of his fortune from telecommunications holdings including América Móvil, Telcel, and Telmex, the former state-run telecom company he acquired in 1990 during Mexico's privatization of the industry. He was ranked the richest person in the world by Forbes from 2010 to 2013 and remains the wealthiest individual in Latin America. His father Julián Slim Haddad died in 1953 when Carlos was thirteen years old, consistent with the pattern of early parental loss among notable founders.
“Stan Shih (Acer), Amadeo Giannini (Bank of America), Larry Hillblom (DHL), George Eastman (Kodak), Fred Smith (FedEx), Jerry Yang (Yahoo), Carlos Slim (América Móvil), Jorge Paulo Lemann (3G Capital), Aristotle Onassis (Olympic Maritime), Harland David Sanders (KFC), James Dyson, Lorenzo Zambrano (CEMEX), Jim Casey (UPS), Li Ka-Shing (CK Hutchison), Frank Lowy (Westfield), Alfred Krupp all lost parents in childhood or adolescence.”
Source→“"Carlos Slim (América Móvil)... Listed among founders who lost a parent in childhood/adolescence."”
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