SPECTACULAR GROWTHOF HIS BUSINESS EMPIRE HIS LANDING IN THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS MARKET CAUSED BY THE PRIVATIZATION OF TELEFONOS DE MEXICO,S.A.(TELMEX),WHICH REMAINED UNDER HIS CONTROL REGULAR SINCE THEN IN THE LISTS OF THE GREAT FORTUNE OF FORBES MAGAZINE,THE SAME PUBLICATION RANKED HIM AS THE RICHEST MAN IN THE WORLD HIS PARENTS ARE JULIAN SLIM HADDAD AND LINDA HEUL HE HAS FIVE BROTHERS AND HE WAS THE THIRD CHILD. CARLOS SLIMHAS BEEN THE OBJECT OF IMPORTANT RECOGNITIONS.HE IS IN POSSESSION OF THE MEDAL OF HONOR FOR BUSINESS MERRIT TO THE BUSINESS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF MEXICO CITY,OF THE COMMENDATION OF THE ORDER LEPOLDO BELGIUM ETCETERA HE HAS BEEN AN ENTREPRENEUR SEVERAL TIMES,WAS DESIGNATED ENTREPRENEUR OF THE DECADE.IN JUNE HE RECIBED THE ESADE AWARD HE IS EIGHTY TWO YEARS OLD, BORN ON JANUARY TWENTY EIGHT NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY HIS FULL NAME IS CARLOS SLIM HELU BORN IN MEXICO THE CHILDREN ARE CARLOS,MARCO ANTONIO,PATRICK,SOUMAYA,VANESSA Y JOHANNA. YOUR BROTHERS ARE JULIAN,JOSE,ALMA,NOUR Y LINDA