Transcript: Interview with Carlos Slim

FT: And why don’t you get a bigger house?

MR SLIM: What for? So that you can get lost in it? No, in my house I live with my children. It’s a sociable space – one for sharing and meeting people in.
I don’t have any property outside Mexico. I don’t have a checking account, either. Nothing of that sort because it is just a hassle...

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An interview with Mexico's Carlos Slim

By age 12, he had moved on to trading stocks and bonds. Before turning 30, he owned a soft-drink company and a stock brokerage. Now, at 67, Slim is the world's second-richest man and is closing quickly on Bill Gates, according to Forbes magazine's most recent rankings. Slim's business empire stretches from Mexico to the United States - it includes major stakes in companies such as CompUSA and Saks Fifth Avenue - yet most Americans have never heard of him.
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