Carlos Slim is the richest man you've never heard ofAn interview with Mexico's Carlos Slim
Chris HawleyMexico City BureauMay. 30, 2007 12:00 AM
The Arizona Republic – News Online Print Edition
...Slim's holdings, in business and beyond, are now so vast that he sometimes loses track of what he owns. Yet, the small boy with the ledger notebook still surfaces from time to time. While speaking in his office, Slim impulsively decides he needs to know the value of his necktie, which was lying on a chair nearby.
He stabs a button on his intercom, reaching his assistant, Silvia Esparragoza.
"Silvia, how much do these ties cost there in Sanborn's?"
"Those ties cost, on average, 481 pesos," she replied.
"About 43 dollars," Slim said, figuring the exchange rate in his head. "Is that with tax?"
"Yes, with tax," she said.
"On sale or not on sale?"
There was silence from the intercom. "Um, I don't remember," Esparragoza said.
Looking disappointed, Slim flips the intercom off. "The tie is from Sanborn's, but the shoes I buy from Saks, which isn't my store," he said.Then he corrects himself."Well, we're partners, but it's not my store," he said, smiling.
In fact, the Slim family is Saks' biggest shareholder, with 17.4 percent of the U.S. company's shares...
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