Jose
2010-10-21 03:26:20 UTC
BusinessWeek - 13/10/2010
Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim says the only way to get people out of
poverty is by giving them jobs and not just charity. Slim says modern
society is based on the welfare of others and, in his words: "the
best investment we can make is to fight poverty."
He has said he has no interest in competing with U.S. billionaires
Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, who have donated large portions of
their fortunes to charities.
Slim, one of the world's richest men, owns Telefonos de Mexico SA,
which controls more than 90 percent of Mexico's fixed phone lines. His
other business holdings run the gamut from construction to music,
restaurants to cigarettes
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9IR6QHG0.htm
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9IR6QHG0.htm
Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim says the only way to get people out of
poverty is by giving them jobs and not just charity. Slim says modern
society is based on the welfare of others and, in his words: "the
best investment we can make is to fight poverty."
He has said he has no interest in competing with U.S. billionaires
Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, who have donated large portions of
their fortunes to charities.
Slim, one of the world's richest men, owns Telefonos de Mexico SA,
which controls more than 90 percent of Mexico's fixed phone lines. His
other business holdings run the gamut from construction to music,
restaurants to cigarettes
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9IR6QHG0.htm
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9IR6QHG0.htm