The title of the world's richest man has been worn by Bill Gates for 13 years. For 13 years, the concept and image of the world's richest man have been equated with this super figure.

Now, times are slowly changing, and the world's richest man is Slim... It is said that Slim, who replaced Bill Gates, has personal assets of US$67.8 billion as of the end of the second quarter of this year, surpassing Gates'

About $59 billion.

The report also said that in fact, as early as the end of March this year, Slim's personal assets had surpassed Gates's by US$1 billion, ranking first in the world.

According to reports, Slim is 67 years old and his telecommunications company controls 90% of Mexico's fixed-line telephone market.

It is said that Slim's personal wealth is now equivalent to nearly 8% of Mexico's annual gross domestic product.

In fact, outside of business, Slim is an emotional, smart, diligent and thrifty family man.

In 1966, 26-year-old Slim had just passed through a period of career hesitation and found his true business field.

At the same time, he also found his life partner Somaya and married her.

On the road of life, we have been together for more than 30 years.

In terms of family life, Slim has never mentioned his wife who has been with him through thick and thin to the outside world, but Slim's every move can make people see Somaya's status in his heart.

Grupo Carso is a comprehensive business group owned by Slim that integrates many of his companies. Car is taken from the first three letters of Carlos Slim's name (Carlos Slim), and so is his wife Somaya Domit

(Soumaya Domit), the first two letters of which are the abbreviations of the two people, they both named their business group, which shows Slim's affection for his wife.

Carlos and his wife Somaya*** gave birth to six children, three sons and three daughters.

The names of the three sons are based on the surnames of their father and mother as the same surname.

This is a relatively rare phenomenon in both the Chinese and Western worlds.

In 1999, when Slim's career was booming, his wife, who had been with him for more than 30 years, died of kidney disease.

Since then, Slim has been a widower and has never remarried. Slim's children know their father's pain and regret, because they often see their father sitting alone and smoking a cigar in loneliness.

In addition to his passion for business operations, Slim also has a very elegant hobby, which is collecting a large number of art works.

He is the largest collector of sculptures by French sculptor Rodin, and he also collects more than 12 paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir.

After his wife passed away, he established a museum named after her to display his art collection as his deepest memory of his wife.

In order to relieve their father's loneliness, the children gave Slim a computer notebook so that he could keep up with the latest news. On the other hand, they also hoped to reduce his loneliness. "The children have given me this gift for a long time, but now I

Those who know how to do it are still just typing on the keyboard very stiffly,” Slim said with a kind smile.

However, this does not mean that Slim refuses to embrace modern things.

Although Slim didn't know how to use a computer, he knew how to do business.

He knew that new technologies would profoundly change people's lifestyles and all aspects of society.

In 2000, Slim began to enter the Internet and personal computer fields.

He first acquired CompUSA, the largest computer retailer in the United States, and later partnered with Microsoft to launch a Spanish-language website.

Regarding these investment decisions, he said: "I can't fly a plane, but this does not prevent me from flying frequently." Although he is still brave in the business, Slim, who is nearly 70 years old, has already begun to consider how to build his own business

business empire passed down.

After Slim underwent open-heart surgery in 1998, he slowly and carefully placed his son and son-in-law into senior positions in the core company.

He did not consider splitting the consortium and dividing it among his children, but tried to keep it intact and prevent them from competing with each other.

In 2004, Slim handed over the chairmanship of the board of directors of Telmex Telecommunications Company, the core of the consortium, to his most valued eldest son, Domit, while he retired as honorary chairman of the board of directors.

Due to his father, the 40-year-old Domit may be the most valuable person in the world today.

Slim also passed on the teachings and guidance his father gave him to his children in his education.

In the 1980s, Domit graduated from the School of Business Administration at the University of Anahuac in Mexico and immediately joined his father's Telmex telecommunications company.

But Domit did not go directly to the top of the company. In order to truly experience himself, he chose to start from the lower level - working as a buyer in a small chain store owned by his father. Although it was dirty and tiring, in his words, "This is also what my father did."

The courage in his body inspired me.” Domit, who was new to the business world, underwent a full 10 years of training.

Today, Domit is following in his father's footsteps and flexing his muscles in the business world.

Domit got the opportunity to show his business acumen in the consortium. It was at his suggestion that the family consortium turned its attention to surrounding countries, especially the United States.