Carlos Slim Helu (simply known as Carlos Slim born January 28, 1940) is a Mexican engineer, businessman and philanthropist largely focused on the telecommunications industry. He is currently the third wealthiest person in the world with a net worth of around US$35 billion through his holdings.
卡洛斯斯利姆埃卢(一般简称为卡洛斯斯利姆，出生于 1940年1月28日）是一位墨西哥工程师、商人及慈善家，其主要经营 领域为电子通讯业。他是当今世界上第三富有的人，他所持有的资 本净值约有350亿美元。
Slim has a substantial influence over the telecommunications industry in Mexico and much of Latin America. He controls Telefonos de Mexico (Telmex), Telcel and America Movil companies. Though he maintains an active involvement in his companies, his three sons-Carlos, Marco Antonio and Patrick Slim Domit-head them on a day-to-day basis.
斯利姆对墨西哥乃至拉美大部分地区的电讯业有着重要的影 响。他掌控着墨西哥电讯(Telmex)、Telcel和美洲移动等公司。尽管 他仍在积极地管理公司事务,他的3个儿子:卡洛斯、马尔科安东 尼和帕特里克斯利姆多米特，已经开始在日常事务中争取自 己的优势地位。
Slim was born in Mexico City, Mexico. His father, Julian Slim，a Maronite Catholic, immigrated from Lebanon at the age of 14. In 1911，Julian established a dry goods store called La Estrella del Oriente (Star of the Orient) and purchased real estate in downtown Mexico City. He and his wife, also of Lebanese extraction but born in Mexico, had six children, of whom Carlos was the youngest boy.
斯利姆出生在墨西哥的墨西哥城。他的父亲朱利安斯利姆 是一位马龙尼礼教会教徒，14岁的时候从黎巴嫩移民至墨西哥。 1911年,朱利安开设了一家叫做“东方之星”的干货商店，并且在墨 西哥城城区购置了房产。他的妻子也是黎巴嫩籍但是出生在墨西 哥,他们一共有6个孩子，而卡洛斯则是家里的老幺。
Slim is the surname of Carlos，father Julian, who was called Youssef Salim before moving to Mexico, upon which he changed his first name to Julian and altered his surname to Slim. He officially became Julian Slim Haddad by adding Haddad, his mother’s surname, according to the Spanish-language naming customs. Carlos Slim studied engineering at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. He married Soumaya Domit, also a Lebanese-Mexican, in 1967; the couple had six children and were married for 32 years until Domit died of a kidney ailment in 1999. The youngest daughter, Johanna, is married to Arturo Elias Ayub who is a board member of some of Slim’s companies.
“斯利姆”是卡洛斯父亲朱利安的姓,在搬到墨西哥之前他叫 做尤素福_萨利姆，之后他把名字改成了朱利安而把姓换成了斯 利姆。他的全名为朱利安_斯利姆.哈达德,增加了哈达德——他 母亲的姓氏。这是根据西班牙语的命名传统所取的。卡洛斯.斯利 姆在墨西哥国立自治大学学习工程学。他在1967跟同样也是黎巴嫩裔墨西哥的索玛雅多米特结婚;这对夫妻在结婚32年里一共有6个孩子直到1999年多米特死于肾病。他们最小的女儿嫁给了阿图埃利亚斯阿尤布，他现在是斯利姆公司董事会的成员之一.
On March 11，2009, Forbes ranked Slim as the world’s third-richest person, behind Bill Gates and Warren Buffett and ahead of Lawrence Ellison. Since last year Slim lost US$25 billion.
2009年3月11日，福布斯将斯利姆评为全球第三富有的人，仅次于比尔盖茨和沃伦巴菲 特，超过了劳伦斯艾里森。从去年开始斯利姆损失了约2500亿美元。
On March 29，2007, Slim surpassed Warren Buffett as the world’s second richest person with an estimated net worth of US$53.1 billion compared to Buffett’s US$52.4 billion. During some parts of 2007, several major financial publications had ranked Slim as the richest person on Earth.
2007年3月29日，斯利姆超过巴菲特以约531亿美元的身价成为全球第二富有的人，而巴菲特 的身价则为524亿美元。在2007年期间，一些主要的财经刊物都将他评为全球最富有的人。
On August 8, 2007, Fortune reported that Slim had overtaken Gates as the world’s richest man. Slim’s estimated fortune soared to US$68 billion, based on the value of his public holdings at the end of July. Gates’ net worth was estimated to be at least US$58 billion.
2007年8月8日，据财富杂志报道斯利姆已经超过比尔盖茨成为全球首富。根据截止7月底他 所拥有的公共股票的价格,他身价飆升至680亿美元。盖茨的净资本估计至少为580亿美元。
On August 4，2007，The Wall Street Journal ran a cover story profiling Slim. The article said，“While the market value of his stake in publicly traded companies could decline at any time, at the moment he is probably wealthier than Bill Gates”.
2007年8月4日，《华尔街日报》发表了一期以斯利姆为封面人物的文章。这篇文章中写到：“虽 然他在上市公司中持有股票的价格随时可能下跌，但是同时他很可能已经比比尔盖茨都要富
Slim gained notoriety when he led a group of investors that included France Telecom and Southwestern Bell Corporation in buying Telmex and Telnor from the Mexican government in 1990 in a public tender during the presidency of Carlos Salinas. Today, 90 percentof thetelephonelinesin Mexicoare operated by Telmex. The mobile company, Telcel, which Slim alsocontrols,operates almost eighty percent of all the country’s cellphones. These operations have financed Slim’s expansion abroad. Over the past five years，his wireless carrier America Movil has bought cellphone companies across Latin America, and is now the region’s dominant company，with more than 100 million subscribers.
斯利姆在1990年卡洛斯萨利纳斯总统执政期间，带领一批包括法国电讯和西南贝尔公司的 投资者，在公开竞标中从墨西哥政府手中收购墨西哥电讯和Telnor公司惹来众多非议。如今，墨西 哥90%的电话线路都由墨西哥电讯运营。而Telcel移动公司，同样也属于斯利姆掌控，管理着全国 80%的手机。这些经营业务使得斯利姆拥有了扩展海外业务的资金。在过去的5年里,他的无线运营 公司美洲移动在整个拉丁美洲都购买了手机公司，并且现在成为该区域的主导公司，拥有超过1亿 的注册用户。