El Ing. Carlos Slim recibió
reconocimiento en la IV Edición de los Premios
Iberoamericanos de Mecenazgo,
organizada por la Fundación Callia, por su
compromiso social con el arte.
26
de Febrero de 2018. Madrid,
España.
Mr.
Carlos Slim was recognized at the
4th Edition of the Ibero-American Patron of
the Arts Awards, organized by the Callia
Foundation, for his social commitment
to the arts.
26
February 2018. Madrid, Spain.
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The
Soumaya
museum's collection holds over 66,000 pieces of
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Carlos
Slim Helu,
History
Back home in
Lebanon
Carlos Slim
Helu: Back home in Lebanon
after 46 year, July
2012
Within
days of being named the world's richest person
by Forbes magazine, Carlos Slim Helu returned to
Lebanon, the land of his ancestors, 46 years
after his first visit. This Mexican billionaire
businessman of Lebanese ancestry recently jumped
past Microsoft founder Bill Gates and investor
Warren Buffett to become the world’s richest
man, with an estimated fortune of $53.5 billion,
and daily earnings of almost $30 million.
The trip of Carlos Slim Helu to Lebanon came by
invitation from the Maronite Foundation in the
World. Awaiting Slim was a week full of
excitement – a week that included business and
social meetings, cultural exchanges, and an
emotional discovery of his ancestral land.
This family man, whom the head of the
Jezzine Municipal Union Saeed Abu Akl described
as “one of our greatest persons,” has set an
example of humility for future generations.
Despite his head-spinning wealth, this low-key
billionaire represents morals, education, hard
work and ambition.
The fifth of six
children, Carlos Slim Helu, born on the 28th of
January 1940 in Mexico City, comes from a family
who ran successful small businesses in Mexico
City. His mother, Linda Helu, came from a
distinguished family of Lebanese origin who
brought the first Arabic printing press to
Mexico in the 19th century. His father, Julian
Slim Haddad, left Lebanon to Mexico in 1902 in
order to avoid conscription into the Ottoman
army, and built a fortune from running a general
store during the 1910 Mexican
Revolution.
Today, the world’s new
richest man owns controlling interests in at
least 222 different companies, including leading
American businesses such as Saks, Citigroup, New
York Times and others. It has even
been estimated that his firm accounts for a
third of Mexico’s leading stock market index and
7% of Mexico’s annual economic output! This is
staggering by any standards. It’s no wonder that
Mexico is often referred to as ‘Slimlandia’ by
Mexicans themselves. After all, they are born in
Slim's hospitals, drive on his Tarmac, smoke his
tobacco, build their houses from his cement, eat
in his restaurants, talk on his phones and sleep
in bed linen made in his factories.
Slim owes his fortune to a resolutely
"Old School" technique – buy companies cheap,
turn them around and then drive the competition
out of the market. Then he buys again. He has
been the master of the fire sale, swooping in to
snap up bargains in the midst of panics and
sell-offs.
Slim attributes much of his
success to his father, who set up a dry goods
store and then invested the profits in property
during the Mexican Revolution. He gave all his
children a ledger and taught them how to keep
track of simple financial transactions. Slim
took that lesson to heart. By 11, he was
investing in government saving bonds; by 15, he
had bought a small shareholding in Mexico's
biggest bank, Banco Nacional de México. He
studied civil engineering at university and kept
his passion for math going by teaching algebra
on the side. Upon graduation he became one of a
clique called "Los Casabolseros" or "the stock
market boys", young wheeler-dealers in the
nascent world of the Mexican stock
market.
By the time he was 26, Slim’s
net worth was estimated at over $40
million! The young and ambitious
businessman struck gold during Mexico's 1982
recession when he began to acquire businesses at
rock bottom prices. In 1990, he received his
second big break when Mexico’s national
telecommunications company, Telmex, was
privatized and Slim was able to beat out France
Telecom and American telecommunications giant
Southwestern Bell to snatch it up. Telmex now
operates approximately 90 percent of Mexico's
telephone lines while its mobile phone network
is the largest in Latin America.
Despite his staggering wealth, Slim still lives
relatively modestly, reflecting a down-to-earth
side not common among most other
billionaires. He lives in a modest
six-bedroom home, luxurious by the standards of
his fellow countrymen yet somewhat small when
compared to those of other successful Mexicans.
In fact, he does not spend much of his wealth,
and indeed is still known to drive a hard
bargain for day-to-day things. “When I
die, I will not take anything with me; my family
is my most important possession,” said Slim, who
still values his weekly family communal
meal. He married the love of his life,
Lebanese-Mexican Maronite Christian Soumaya
Domit Gemayel, and together they raised six
children. After her death in 1999, Slim built an
art museum in his wife’s memory and named it
after her.
Visiting
Lebanon On March 11, 2010, top
Lebanese officials including President Michel
Sleiman, Prime Minister Saad Hariri and
Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri welcomed Slim,
his sons, Carlos Jr. and Patricio, and the
bishop of the Maronite church in Mexico,
Patriarch George Abi Younes, upon their arrival
to Lebanon. The following day, President
Michel Sleiman and First Lady Wafaa Sleiman
organized a dinner at the Presidential Palace in
Baabda to present Slim with the Golden Medal of
Honor. Following this event, President
Sleiman called for strengthening of ties between
Lebanon and its emigrants and for encouraging
investment in the country. Slim, in turn,
commended the progress made in reconstructing
Lebanon, adding he was ready to contribute to
several projects. Slim participated in the
mass celebration held by Maronite Patriarch Mar
Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir at Bkerké on Sunday the
14th. The mass was followed by a luncheon
with Patriarch Sfeir, political and social
figures, and a number of Lebanese businessmen
including Carlos Ghosn and Gilbert
Chaghouri. Sfeir praised Slim’s
achievements during his sermon and reminded
everyone that money and material wealth should
be accompanied by charity and good deeds. The
deputy president of the Maronite Foundation in
the World, Nehmat Frem, also gave a speech,
saying that the Lebanese have been able to
succeed wherever they go without forgetting
their homeland. Slim, on his part, said that he
was happy to be in Lebanon, a country that he
had come to love. On Monday, Slim
visited Jezzine, his hometown in south Lebanon,
and the house that was once owned by his
grandfather. Slim was received by Samir Azar and
Antoine Al-Khoury, acting south Lebanon Governor
Nicolas Abu Daher, Sidon and Deir al-Qamar Roman
Catholic bishop Elie Haddad, the head of the
Jezzine Municipal Union Saeed Abu Akl, as well
as members of the Slim and Helu families and
villagers. After holding prayers near Jezzine’s
Notre Dame Statue, Slim walked to the town’s
Municipal Palace court where he was greeted by
local crowds. Abu Akl praised Slim and conferred
him the Honorary Citizen of Jezzine
Certificate. After receiving an exquisite
handcrafted cutlery set made in Jezzine as a
gift from the town’s Merchants and Craftsmen
Association, Slim addressed the crowd, voicing
his happiness that he was back in the town that
his father left 100 years ago, and which he
stressed he would take care of. "The joy
and hope I saw in the eyes of children and young
people brought joy and happiness to my heart. We
must work together hand in hand, residents and
expatriates, for the advancement of our country
and the prosperity of Lebanon, especially
beloved Jezzine, for the sake of a better future
for these children and young people," Slim
said. Bishop Haddad greeted him and
praised the role that expatriates play in
shaping Lebanon’s future. “Expatriates are doing
right by reconnecting with Lebanon, and
precisely with this region that will only
flourish with their help. We welcome
Carlos Slim in Jezzine; this is his home,”
Haddad said. Meanwhile, Khalil Al-Asmar, 85,
who knew Carlos's father from his visit to
Jezzine in 1938, said he hopes that Slim's visit
will bring good luck to Jezzine. "God has
blessed and honored him, and we hope he will
honor Jezzine with a project that will bring
employment opportunities to our children."
On Wednesday March 17th, Member of Parliament
Streda Geagea and other dignitaries from Bsharri
welcomed Slim as he toured the landmark sites of
the town and visited the Gibran Khalil Gibran
Museum and burial site. Slim promised to
work on electronically archiving the contents of
the Gibran Khalil Gibran Museum, thereby making
them available to young people worldwide
online. Geagea hailed the achievements of
Slim, saying, "Carlos Slim's achievements are a
pride for Lebanon and for all Lebanese
citizens."
After touring Lebanon and
visiting its historic sites, Slim returned to
Beirut where he gave a lecture titled 'The new
civilization of knowledge and technology' in
which he spoke about his successful career and
business experience spanning over 50
years. The lecture took place at the
Suliman Olayan School of Business at the
American University of Beirut, where hundreds
gathered to listen to his speech. Slim drew on
his personal experience in business management
to offer advice on how to manage public debt and
invest in infrastructure such as
telecommunications, energy, water, electricity,
ports, transportation and airports. He
also spoke of the importance of privatization
and the need to invest in projects which would
provide job opportunities for Lebanese youth,
allowing the revival of the middle class. He
urged attendees to embrace knowledge, to follow
their dreams, and to work in Lebanon rather than
emigrate. “Lebanon is a promising country
for development,” he said. “Education is
the lifeblood of society, while a strong
economic activity can create jobs. The way
to end poverty is to create jobs, jobs, and more
jobs." When asked by Today’s Outlook
what his advice to the Lebanese youth is, Slim
replied: "Keep building your knowledge, and
always live without fear and guilt; as fear is
the worst feeling a person can have!” Before
his departure Slim described his trip to Lebanon
as “very emotional”. “People have been
great to us. We were so lucky. We'd be
happy to visit again,” said his son Patricio to
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كارلوس
سليم حلو، التاريخ
كارلوس سليم حلو
في المرتبة الخامسة والثلاثين في
2003 وبثروة تقدر بـ 7.4 بليون
دولار، قفز في 2004
إلى المرتبة الـ 17، وارتفعت ثروته إلى 13.9
بليون، وثم إلى
المرتبة الرابعة في 2005 لتبلغ ثروته 23.8
بليون دولار. أغنى رابع
رجل في العالم، وأغنى رجل في
أميركا اللاتينية منذ سنوات. مكسيكي
الجنسية ابن
مهاجرين سافروا الى المكسيك في بداية القرن
العشرين.
وصل جده الى مرفأ
تنبيكو في المكسيك عام 1902 برفقة أبنائه الثلاثة،
من جبل لبنان وانتقلوا عام 1911 إلى مدينة مكسيكو
حيث أسّسوا متجراً لبيع المواد المنزلية، أطلقوا
عليه اسم «نجمة الشرق». ولد كارلوس في بداية العام
1940، خامساً في عائلة من ستة أولاد. أبوه جوليان
سليم حداد، وأمه ليندا حلو، فصار اسمه حسب التقليد
الأسباني الذي يحفظ اسم الوالدين كارلوس سليم
حلو. وهنا في هذا المتجر تلقى كارلوس، الذي كان
يعشق التجارة منذ صغره، دروسه الأولى في عالم
الأعمال. ينقل كارلوس عن أبيه الذي توفي عام
1952، أن جده كان يشتري أراضي وشققاً في مدينة
مكسيكيو في عزّ الثورة، التي بدأت في العقد
الثاني من القرن العشرين، فاخذ أبناء الجالية
يحذرونه من الظرف الدقيق وكان يجيبهم: «بالعكس،
إنه أحسن ظرف، الأسعار منخفضة والأراضي والشقق
باقية في المكسيك، لن تغادرها».
يمثل كارلوس سليم
نموذجاً من رجال الأعمال اللاتينيين الذين يأبوا
أن يخضعوا للهيمنة الأميركية شكلاً ومضموناً.
يتحاشى التحدث بالإنكليزية، التي يتقنها، في
المناسبات العامة، ويمزج بين ذكاء لامع ومعرفة
دقيقة بقوانين اللعبة، وأعصاب فولاذية. «يبيع
أكثر من ألف كومبيوتر يومياً، وما زال يلجأ إلينا
بواسطة الهاتف إذا كان يحتاج إلى معلومة يجهلها.
كما يقول أحد معاونيه. لا يخشى اللجوء إلى نوع من
الشوفينية التي تحتقر «مقلدي الأميركيين»، وحتى
إلى نوع من العائلية عندما تقتضي الحاجة: عشية فض
عروض مناقصة «تيلميكس»، جمع زوجته سميّة ضومط
وأولادهما الستة وأقسموا معاً بأنهم، إن وُفقوا
في مسعاهم، لن يبيعوا أسهمهم «قبل جيلين». أعطى
للشركة الأم في الكونسورتيوم إسم «كارسو» الذي هو
مزيج من كارلوس وسميّة. وقد توفيت هذه الأخيرة
بين يديه عام 1999 خلال رحلة طيران، وخضع هو عام
1997 إلى عملية قلب مفتوح.
يعتبر أهم جامع
أعمال فنية في أميركا اللاتينية، ومجموعته معروضة
في متحف في مكسيكو، ولديه ثاني أكبر مجموعة من
تماثيل النحات الفرنسي رودان، بعد متحف رودان
الباريسي. يرأس «مؤسسة وسط مكسيكو التاريخي»، وهو
شريك أساسي في عملية إعادة تنظيمه
وترميمه.
Carlos
Slim Foundation and Coursera seal an alliance to
provide free
on-line
world-class
millones de
personas puedan cursar sin
costo, en línea y en
español, estudios superiores de clase
mundial.
Fundación
Carlos Slim
y
Coursera firman
alianza
para que
millones de personas
puedan cursar sin
costo, en línea y
en
español, estudios
superiores de clase
mundial.
29 de enero
de 2014.
Ciudad de
México.
La Fundación Carlos
Slim y
Coursera
comparten la visión
de que el
aprendizaje es el
camino para un
mejor
futuro.
La alianza
permitirá que
millones de
personas que hablan
español tengan
acceso a
estudios
superiores de clase
mundial,
proporcionándoles
herramientas que
les
permitirán
contar con más y
mejores
oportunidades de
empleo.
Coursera es la
plataforma líder
de
acceso masivo a
cursos superiores
en línea de alta
calidad.
La Fundación Carlos
Slim y Coursera,
que
es la plataforma
líder
de acceso
masivo a cursos en
línea, se han unido
para mejorar y
ampliar el acceso a
las
oportunidades de
educación y empleo en
toda América Latina.
Esta alianza
estratégica refleja
el compromiso
conjunto de apoyar
el
aprendizaje en
América
Latina, de
crear empleos y de
fomentar las
oportunidades de
transformación para
tener una mejor
vida
e ingresos. La
colaboración
anunciada el día de
hoy por Carlos Slim
Helú y Daphne
Koller,
co-fundadora de
Coursera, se enfocará
en tres
objetivos
comunes:
Mejorar el acceso a
contenido
educativo
de alta calidad en
español
Crear contenido
educativo
enfocado
en la posibilidad
de conseguir un
empleo
Incrementar el
acceso a
espacios
físicos en los
cuales los
estudiantes puedan
tomar los
cursos de Coursera
La iniciativa incluye
un gran
proyecto de
traducción para
llevar los mejores
cursos de Coursera
al
español. Se tiene
previsto traducir 50
cursos antes de
que
concluya 2014. La
Fundación Carlos Slim
ya tiene lista
la
interfaz de usuario
en
español.
El Ingeniero Carlos
Slim señaló: "Nuestra
alianza
con Coursera
permitirá formar en
México, Latinoamérica
y en
comunidad
hispana de Estados
Unidos, capital
humano al más alto
nivel."
Esta iniciativa
educativa también
trabajará
con
universidades líderes
en
América Latina
para identificar y
desarrollar nuevos
cursos en
español
diseñados de acuerdo
con las necesidades
de empleo en la
región. Estos cursos
se
concentrarán en
áreas temáticas de
alta prioridad,
incluyendo
ciencias
computacionales;
desarrollo
profesional de
profesores; atención
médica y salud
pública, así como
habilidades
profesionales
esenciales,
incluyendo
comunicación y
liderazgo. Otra parte
del esfuerzo
se
enfocará en la
creación y
traducción
al español de
"Especializaciones",
un programa de
certificación
compuesto por
varios
cursos, el cual fue
recientemente
introducido por
Coursera para ayudar
a los
estudiantes a
dominar habilidades
en áreas de alta
demanda.
"Respetamos
profundamente
tanto
la perspectiva como
el
impacto de la
Fundación Carlos Slim
y estamos muy
emocionados de
que
nuestra alianza
contribuya a remover
barreras de
acceso a
educación de alta
calidad para los
estudiantes que
hablan español," dijo
Daphne
Koller, co-fundadora
de Coursera y
co-Presidenta
de la organización.
"Esta
alianza ayudará a los
estudiantes a
desarrollar
habilidades en
sectores críticos y
de rápido crecimiento
en el
mercado laboral
de América Latina,
impactando sus vidas
y a sus
comunidades."
La Fundación y
Coursera también
trabajarán
juntos
para abrir nuevos
caminos para que la
gente de América
Latina descubra y
tenga acceso
a
contenidos relevantes.
Uno
de los esfuerzos
incluye la creación
de una red de Centros
de
Aprendizaje, que
proporcionarán a los
alumnos una rica
experiencia
educativa
que combina la
enseñanza en línea
con la presencial,
generando una mejor
retención
y
resultados de
aprendizaje.
En la creación de
estos Centros de
Aprendizaje
aprovecharán la
infraestructura
operada por Telmex
con apoyo de la
Fundación Carlos
Slim, para la
Educación y
Cultura
Digital, que
comprenden
Bibliotecas Digitales,
14 de las cuales son
espacios
educativos
ubicados en zonas
altamente pobladas y
de bajos
ingresos,
además del Telmex
Hub, un espacio de
innovación
tecnológica ubicado
en la Ciudad de
México. En un futuro,
cursos
con contenidos
clave serán también
ofrecidos en otras
Bibliotecas
Digitales
Telmex, un novedoso
servicio con más de
3,600
establecimientos
donde estudiantes de
todas las edades
pueden hacer
uso, de
manera gratuita, de
computadoras con
acceso a Internet y
cerca de 400
actividades en
tecnologías de la
información.
Este convenio de
Fundación Carlos Slim
con
Coursera se suma
a Académica de
Telmex,
enriqueciéndose
enormemente la
plataforma
universitaria en la
que convergen
ofertas
docentes en español
de las universidades
en línea en
inglés
más importantes de
mundo: MIT, Stanford,
Princeton, la
Universidad de
California,
Chicago,
Kahn Academy y 170
universidades más,
con cursos, acervos
en inglés y las
prácticas
educativas
de
punta.
Acerca de la
Fundación Carlos Slim
Creada en 1986, con
programas de alto
impacto, enfocados a
la
población más
vulnerable, la
Fundación Carlos Slim
ha beneficiado a
más
de 36 millones de
personas. Con un alto
sentido de
responsabilidad
social, eficiencia
y
oportunidad, la
Fundación
desarrolla
programas en los
ámbitos de la
educación, salud,
nutrición, justicia
social,
cultura,
desarrollo humano,
apoyo en desastres
naturales,
desarrollo
económico, protección
y conservación del
medio ambiente,
que
contribuyen a mejorar
la
calidad de vida de
la población de
todas
las edades, promueven
la formación de
capital humano y
generan oportunidades
que
propician el
desarrollo integral
de las personas, así
como de sus
comunidades.
www.carlosslim.com/responsabilidad.html#carso
Acerca
de
Coursera
La misión de Coursera
es educar
a millones
de personas alrededor
del mundo
ofreciéndoles acceso
gratuito en línea a
clases de
las mejores
universidades e
instituciones. La
amplia plataforma
educativa de Coursera
combina
principios
educativos
sustentados en el
dominio de los temas
usando lecciones en
video,
contenido
interactivo y una
comunidad global de
pares, ofreciendo
a
los estudiantes una
experiencia de
aprendizaje en línea
única. Coursera es
respaldada
finacieramente por
GSV
Capital,
International Finance
Corporation, Kleiner
Perkins
Caufield &
Byers, Laureate
Education Inc., Learn
Capital, New
Enterprise Associates
y Yuri
Milner, así
como por diversas
universidades que
incluyen a
California
Institute of
Technology y la
Universidad de
Pennsylvania. Para
mayor
información,
visite
Coursera.org.
Free on-line
world-class graduate studies
in Spanish to
millions of
individuals
Carlos Slim
Foundation and
Coursera seal an
alliance to provide
free on-line
world-class graduate
studies in
Spanish to
millions of
individuals. January 29,
2014. México City.
Carlos Slim
Foundation and
Coursera are
convinced that
knowledge is the
way for a
better
future.
The alliance will
provide free
access
to world-class
graduate studies
for millions of
Spanish speaking
individuals,
allowing them to
attain practical
skills to
widen
their opportunities
to find more and
better
jobs.
Coursera is the
leading
platform
providing massive
access to high
quality on-line
graduate studies.
Carlos Slim
Foundation and
Coursera, the leading
platform
providing
massive access to
high quality on-line
graduate studies,
have joined forces to
widen
and improve
education and job
opportunities
throughout Latin
America.
This strategic
alliance results from
a joint
motivation to
support learning in
Latin America by
means of job
creation
and better
transformation
opportunities for
individuals to
improve their lives
and revenues. The
partnership, publicly
announced today
by
Carlos Slim Helú and
Daphne Koller,
co-founder of
Coursera, will focus
on three common
objectives:
Improve access to
high quality
Spanish educational
contents,
Create educational
contents
aimed at
improving the
possibilities for
individuals to
find
a job,
Increase access to
physical
venues
where students can
personally attend
Coursera training
courses.
The initiative
includes a major
project to translate
the best
Coursera
courses into Spanish.
Approximately 50
courses will be
translated before the
end of
2014. Carlos
Slim Foundation has
already implemented
the user
interface in
Spanish
language.
Mr. Carlos Slim
stated: "Our
alliance
with Coursera will
provide state of the
art training to
human
capital in Mexico,
Latin America and the
Hispanic
communities
of the United
States". This
educational
initiative will also
involve leading
universities in Latin
America
that will
identify and develop
new courses in
Spanish, tailor-made
to respond to
employment
needs in
the region. These
courses will
concentrate in high
priority subjects,
like computing
sciences,
professional
training
for teachers, medical
care and public
health. They will
also aim to develop
essential
professional skills,
like
computing and
leadership. Likewise,
efforts will target
the
creation of new
contents and the
Spanish translation
of the
existing
certificate program
know as
"Specialties",
comprised of several
courses and
recently
introduced by
Coursera to help
students acquire
master skills in
highly demanded
subjects.
"We profoundly
respect the vision
and the impact of the
Carlos
Slim
Foundation and we are
very excited to
participate in this
alliance that will
contribute
to remove
barriers that impede
the access to high
quality education
for
Spanish speaking
students", stated
Daphne Koller,
Coursera's co-founder
and
co-chairwoman.
"Our alliance will
help students develop
skills in
critical
areas with rapid
growth rates in the
Latin American job
markets, thus
benefitting
their
lives and their
communities."
The Foundation and
Coursera will
also
work together to open
new opportunities for
Latin American
people
to discover and
access relevant
contents. In order to
achieve this, a
network of
Learning
Centers will be
created so as to
provide students with
a rich educational
experience, combining
on-line and
off-line
courses, thus
generating greater
retention of
knowledge and
improved learning
results.
These Learning
Centers will take
advantage of existing
TELMEX
infrastructure
with the support of
Carlos Slim
Foundation's
programs
for Digital Education
and Culture. The
programs operate
Digital Libraries,
fourteen of
which are
located in highly
populated low-income
areas. Moreover,
the
centers will have
access
to the Telmex
Hub, a technological
innovation pole
located in
Mexico
City. In the near
future, Telmex
Digital Libraries
will offer courses
with important
contents. This
innovative
service
will involve 3,600
venues where students
of all ages will
be
able to use, at no
cost,
computers with
Internet access and
over 400 information
technology
activities.
The partnership
between the Carlos
Slim Foundation and
Coursera
complements
Telmex "Academica"
initiative. It will
reinforce this
platform of
universities
offering
a wide variety of
graduate training in
English and
Spanish.
The platform includes
some of the world's
top universities
like
the MIT, Stanford,
Princeton, University
of California,
University of Chicago
the Khan
Academy and
other 170
universities with
state of the art
training and archives
in
English.
About the
Carlos Slim
Foundation
Created in 1986 to
provide high impact
programs focused at
the most
vulnerable
segments of society,
the Carlos Slim
Foundation has
benefited over 36
million people.
Based
on a high sense of
social
responsibility,
efficiency and
opportunity, the
Foundation supports
initiatives in
the
following sectors:
education, health,
nutrition, social
justice, culture,
human
development,
natural disaster
relief, economic
development,
environmental
protection and
conservation. Its
programs
contribute
to improve the
quality of life of
persons in all age
groups, fostering
human
capital
development and
providing
opportunities for the
integral growth of
individuals and
their
communities.
www.carlosslim.com/responsabilidad.html#carso
About Coursera
Coursera strives to
provide
free
education to millions
of people around the
world by means of
on-line courses by
the
world's best
universities and
learning
institutions.
Coursera's platform
combines
educational
principles with the
mastering of the
different topics
by
means of video
lessons,
interactive
contents and a global
peer community that
offers a
unique
on-line experience
for students.
Coursera is
financially supported
by GSV Capital,
International Finance
Corporation, Kleiner
Perkins Caufield
&
Byers, Laureate
Education Inc., Learn
Capital, New
Enterprise Associates
and Yuri
Milner, as
well as different
universities
including the
California Institute
of Technology and
the
University of
Pennsylvania. Further
information in
www.coursera.org
Carlos
Slim Foundation and Coursera seal an alliance to
provide free
on-line
world-class
millones de
personas puedan cursar sin
costo, en línea y en
español, estudios superiores de clase
mundial.
Fundación
Carlos Slim
y
Coursera firman
alianza
para que
millones de personas
puedan cursar sin
costo, en línea y
en
español, estudios
superiores de clase
mundial.
29 de enero
de 2014.
Ciudad de
México.
La Fundación Carlos
Slim y
Coursera
comparten la visión
de que el
aprendizaje es el
camino para un
mejor
futuro.
La alianza
permitirá que
millones de
personas que hablan
español tengan
acceso a
estudios
superiores de clase
mundial,
proporcionándoles
herramientas que
les
permitirán
contar con más y
mejores
oportunidades de
empleo.
Coursera es la
plataforma líder
de
acceso masivo a
cursos superiores
en línea de alta
calidad.
La Fundación Carlos
Slim y Coursera,
que
es la plataforma
líder
de acceso
masivo a cursos en
línea, se han unido
para mejorar y
ampliar el acceso a
las
oportunidades de
educación y empleo en
toda América Latina.
Esta alianza
estratégica refleja
el compromiso
conjunto de apoyar
el
aprendizaje en
América
Latina, de
crear empleos y de
fomentar las
oportunidades de
transformación para
tener una mejor
vida
e ingresos. La
colaboración
anunciada el día de
hoy por Carlos Slim
Helú y Daphne
Koller,
co-fundadora de
Coursera, se enfocará
en tres
objetivos
comunes:
Mejorar el acceso a
contenido
educativo
de alta calidad en
español
Crear contenido
educativo
enfocado
en la posibilidad
de conseguir un
empleo
Incrementar el
acceso a
espacios
físicos en los
cuales los
estudiantes puedan
tomar los
cursos de Coursera
La iniciativa incluye
un gran
proyecto de
traducción para
llevar los mejores
cursos de Coursera
al
español. Se tiene
previsto traducir 50
cursos antes de
que
concluya 2014. La
Fundación Carlos Slim
ya tiene lista
la
interfaz de usuario
en
español.
El Ingeniero Carlos
Slim señaló: "Nuestra
alianza
con Coursera
permitirá formar en
México, Latinoamérica
y en
comunidad
hispana de Estados
Unidos, capital
humano al más alto
nivel."
Esta iniciativa
educativa también
trabajará
con
universidades líderes
en
América Latina
para identificar y
desarrollar nuevos
cursos en
español
diseñados de acuerdo
con las necesidades
de empleo en la
región. Estos cursos
se
concentrarán en
áreas temáticas de
alta prioridad,
incluyendo
ciencias
computacionales;
desarrollo
profesional de
profesores; atención
médica y salud
pública, así como
habilidades
profesionales
esenciales,
incluyendo
comunicación y
liderazgo. Otra parte
del esfuerzo
se
enfocará en la
creación y
traducción
al español de
"Especializaciones",
un programa de
certificación
compuesto por
varios
cursos, el cual fue
recientemente
introducido por
Coursera para ayudar
a los
estudiantes a
dominar habilidades
en áreas de alta
demanda.
"Respetamos
profundamente
tanto
la perspectiva como
el
impacto de la
Fundación Carlos Slim
y estamos muy
emocionados de
que
nuestra alianza
contribuya a remover
barreras de
acceso a
educación de alta
calidad para los
estudiantes que
hablan español," dijo
Daphne
Koller, co-fundadora
de Coursera y
co-Presidenta
de la organización.
"Esta
alianza ayudará a los
estudiantes a
desarrollar
habilidades en
sectores críticos y
de rápido crecimiento
en el
mercado laboral
de América Latina,
impactando sus vidas
y a sus
comunidades."
La Fundación y
Coursera también
trabajarán
juntos
para abrir nuevos
caminos para que la
gente de América
Latina descubra y
tenga acceso
a
contenidos relevantes.
Uno
de los esfuerzos
incluye la creación
de una red de Centros
de
Aprendizaje, que
proporcionarán a los
alumnos una rica
experiencia
educativa
que combina la
enseñanza en línea
con la presencial,
generando una mejor
retención
y
resultados de
aprendizaje.
En la creación de
estos Centros de
Aprendizaje
aprovecharán la
infraestructura
operada por Telmex
con apoyo de la
Fundación Carlos
Slim, para la
Educación y
Cultura
Digital, que
comprenden
Bibliotecas Digitales,
14 de las cuales son
espacios
educativos
ubicados en zonas
altamente pobladas y
de bajos
ingresos,
además del Telmex
Hub, un espacio de
innovación
tecnológica ubicado
en la Ciudad de
México. En un futuro,
cursos
con contenidos
clave serán también
ofrecidos en otras
Bibliotecas
Digitales
Telmex, un novedoso
servicio con más de
3,600
establecimientos
donde estudiantes de
todas las edades
pueden hacer
uso, de
manera gratuita, de
computadoras con
acceso a Internet y
cerca de 400
actividades en
tecnologías de la
información.
Este convenio de
Fundación Carlos Slim
con
Coursera se suma
a Académica de
Telmex,
enriqueciéndose
enormemente la
plataforma
universitaria en la
que convergen
ofertas
docentes en español
de las universidades
en línea en
inglés
más importantes de
mundo: MIT, Stanford,
Princeton, la
Universidad de
California,
Chicago,
Kahn Academy y 170
universidades más,
con cursos, acervos
en inglés y las
prácticas
educativas
de
punta.
Acerca de la
Fundación Carlos Slim
Creada en 1986, con
programas de alto
impacto, enfocados a
la
población más
vulnerable, la
Fundación Carlos Slim
ha beneficiado a
más
de 36 millones de
personas. Con un alto
sentido de
responsabilidad
social, eficiencia
y
oportunidad, la
Fundación
desarrolla
programas en los
ámbitos de la
educación, salud,
nutrición, justicia
social,
cultura,
desarrollo humano,
apoyo en desastres
naturales,
desarrollo
económico, protección
y conservación del
medio ambiente,
que
contribuyen a mejorar
la
calidad de vida de
la población de
todas
las edades, promueven
la formación de
capital humano y
generan oportunidades
que
propician el
desarrollo integral
de las personas, así
como de sus
comunidades.
www.carlosslim.com/responsabilidad.html#carso
Acerca
de
Coursera
La misión de Coursera
es educar
a millones
de personas alrededor
del mundo
ofreciéndoles acceso
gratuito en línea a
clases de
las mejores
universidades e
instituciones. La
amplia plataforma
educativa de Coursera
combina
principios
educativos
sustentados en el
dominio de los temas
usando lecciones en
video,
contenido
interactivo y una
comunidad global de
pares, ofreciendo
a
los estudiantes una
experiencia de
aprendizaje en línea
única. Coursera es
respaldada
finacieramente por
GSV
Capital,
International Finance
Corporation, Kleiner
Perkins
Caufield &
Byers, Laureate
Education Inc., Learn
Capital, New
Enterprise Associates
y Yuri
Milner, así
como por diversas
universidades que
incluyen a
California
Institute of
Technology y la
Universidad de
Pennsylvania. Para
mayor
información,
visite
Coursera.org.
Free on-line
world-class graduate studies
in Spanish to
millions of
individuals
Carlos Slim
Foundation and
Coursera seal an
alliance to provide
free on-line
world-class graduate
studies in
Spanish to
millions of
individuals. January 29,
2014. México City.
Carlos Slim
Foundation and
Coursera are
convinced that
knowledge is the
way for a
better
future.
The alliance will
provide free
access
to world-class
graduate studies
for millions of
Spanish speaking
individuals,
allowing them to
attain practical
skills to
widen
their opportunities
to find more and
better
jobs.
Coursera is the
leading
platform
providing massive
access to high
quality on-line
graduate studies.
Carlos Slim
Foundation and
Coursera, the leading
platform
providing
massive access to
high quality on-line
graduate studies,
have joined forces to
widen
and improve
education and job
opportunities
throughout Latin
America.
This strategic
alliance results from
a joint
motivation to
support learning in
Latin America by
means of job
creation
and better
transformation
opportunities for
individuals to
improve their lives
and revenues. The
partnership, publicly
announced today
by
Carlos Slim Helú and
Daphne Koller,
co-founder of
Coursera, will focus
on three common
objectives:
Improve access to
high quality
Spanish educational
contents,
Create educational
contents
aimed at
improving the
possibilities for
individuals to
find
a job,
Increase access to
physical
venues
where students can
personally attend
Coursera training
courses.
The initiative
includes a major
project to translate
the best
Coursera
courses into Spanish.
Approximately 50
courses will be
translated before the
end of
2014. Carlos
Slim Foundation has
already implemented
the user
interface in
Spanish
language.
Mr. Carlos Slim
stated: "Our
alliance
with Coursera will
provide state of the
art training to
human
capital in Mexico,
Latin America and the
Hispanic
communities
of the United
States". This
educational
initiative will also
involve leading
universities in Latin
America
that will
identify and develop
new courses in
Spanish, tailor-made
to respond to
employment
needs in
the region. These
courses will
concentrate in high
priority subjects,
like computing
sciences,
professional
training
for teachers, medical
care and public
health. They will
also aim to develop
essential
professional skills,
like
computing and
leadership. Likewise,
efforts will target
the
creation of new
contents and the
Spanish translation
of the
existing
certificate program
know as
"Specialties",
comprised of several
courses and
recently
introduced by
Coursera to help
students acquire
master skills in
highly demanded
subjects.
"We profoundly
respect the vision
and the impact of the
Carlos
Slim
Foundation and we are
very excited to
participate in this
alliance that will
contribute
to remove
barriers that impede
the access to high
quality education
for
Spanish speaking
students", stated
Daphne Koller,
Coursera's co-founder
and
co-chairwoman.
"Our alliance will
help students develop
skills in
critical
areas with rapid
growth rates in the
Latin American job
markets, thus
benefitting
their
lives and their
communities."
The Foundation and
Coursera will
also
work together to open
new opportunities for
Latin American
people
to discover and
access relevant
contents. In order to
achieve this, a
network of
Learning
Centers will be
created so as to
provide students with
a rich educational
experience, combining
on-line and
off-line
courses, thus
generating greater
retention of
knowledge and
improved learning
results.
These Learning
Centers will take
advantage of existing
TELMEX
infrastructure
with the support of
Carlos Slim
Foundation's
programs
for Digital Education
and Culture. The
programs operate
Digital Libraries,
fourteen of
which are
located in highly
populated low-income
areas. Moreover,
the
centers will have
access
to the Telmex
Hub, a technological
innovation pole
located in
Mexico
City. In the near
future, Telmex
Digital Libraries
will offer courses
with important
contents. This
innovative
service
will involve 3,600
venues where students
of all ages will
be
able to use, at no
cost,
computers with
Internet access and
over 400 information
technology
activities.
The partnership
between the Carlos
Slim Foundation and
Coursera
complements
Telmex "Academica"
initiative. It will
reinforce this
platform of
universities
offering
a wide variety of
graduate training in
English and
Spanish.
The platform includes
some of the world's
top universities
like
the MIT, Stanford,
Princeton, University
of California,
University of Chicago
the Khan
Academy and
other 170
universities with
state of the art
training and archives
in
English.
About the
Carlos Slim
Foundation
Created in 1986 to
provide high impact
programs focused at
the most
vulnerable
segments of society,
the Carlos Slim
Foundation has
benefited over 36
million people.
Based
on a high sense of
social
responsibility,
efficiency and
opportunity, the
Foundation supports
initiatives in
the
following sectors:
education, health,
nutrition, social
justice, culture,
human
development,
natural disaster
relief, economic
development,
environmental
protection and
conservation. Its
programs
contribute
to improve the
quality of life of
persons in all age
groups, fostering
human
capital
development and
providing
opportunities for the
integral growth of
individuals and
their
communities.
www.carlosslim.com/responsabilidad.html#carso
About Coursera
Coursera strives to
provide
free
education to millions
of people around the
world by means of
on-line courses by
the
world's best
universities and
learning
institutions.
Coursera's platform
combines
educational
principles with the
mastering of the
different topics
by
means of video
lessons,
interactive
contents and a global
peer community that
offers a
unique
on-line experience
for students.
Coursera is
financially supported
by GSV Capital,
International Finance
Corporation, Kleiner
Perkins Caufield
&
Byers, Laureate
Education Inc., Learn
Capital, New
Enterprise Associates
and Yuri
Milner, as
well as different
universities
including the
California Institute
of Technology and
the
University of
Pennsylvania. Further
information in
www.coursera.org
I'm proud to be
LEBANESE... / Carlos
Slim Helu
Last night I stayed till 1:30 am watching May Chidiac talk show " With all courage " means in arabic " be kol jor2a " . The show was about the Lebanese achievements outside Lebanon highlighting some personalities that made a big difference in their field. It's something that really makes you feel…"
In "celebreties"
Carlos Slim listed the 2nd richest man in the world as per FORBES last year is
originally born from a Lebanese father and mother. He is the media tycoon of
Mexico. Here’s a brief biography of Carlos Slim.
Carlos Slim: Born on Jan 28,1940 from a Lebanese father and mother, who
immigrated to Mexico at the age of 11.
Degree : MS Engineering from Mexico
Occupation : Chairman and CEO of TelMex,TelCel and America Movil
Married to Soumaya Doumit and they have six children.
Currently ranked the 3rd richest person in the world with estimated fortune of
35 billion dollars.
Carlos was vice president of Mexican Stock Exchange and president of Mexican
Association of brokerage houses ,also he was the president of the Latin American
committee in New York Stock Exchange.
He was board of director in Philip Morris and Alcatel in 1996.
Carlos is the Telecom tycoon in Mexico,his company Telmex operates more than
90% of the lines. Also Telcel operates 80% of the cell phones in Mexico. His
acquisition of America Movil expanded his market share in most Latin American
countries with more than 100 million subscribers.
Carlos then went into the media business, in 2008 he managed to bail out New
York times by granting them a 250 million dollars loan which made things easier
on the company that was facing financial problems. He is the largest shareholder
now of NY times with a share of 6.4 %.
He also leads one of the biggest companies in Mexico that is concerned with
the infrastructure development. IDEAL is mainly active in transportation,crude
oil and gas,power,water,real estate and technology.
Carlos wealth compromises around 2 % of Mexico annual economic output.
March 2010, The Mexican Carlos Slim Helu, the world’s richest
man of Lebanese origins visited Lebanon
Slim
allocated $50 million to carry out social, sports, cultural, and
educational projects in Lebanon:
to restore the
premature birth wing at the Karantina Hospital
to construct
sports centers in Bekfaya, Hammana, Jbeil,
Jazzine, and Becharri, among other places:
Raffoul Fakhri
Sports Hall,
Michel Sleiman Sports Complex in
Amchit, Jbeil,
the public park in Bcharri,
Sports Complex in
Hammana
Sports and Cultural Complex in Jazzine
Slim supported the
restoration of a sports field. Becharri
Slim plans more support to the Gibran
National Committee in Becharri
at March 16,
2010 in Jazzine in Lebanon , Carlos Slim,
during his visit to Jazzine he addressed the people of Jazzine : “Oh sons of Jazzine I
am very happy and honored to be present with you today
in the town where my father was born and proud of my
presence with you, especially the presence of the youth and
children. We all ,
residents and expatriates must unite in exploring new
horizons for the young people, especially in the Jazzine
area. You are always in my heart, and Jazzine too , the town
where my dad was born more than 100 years…. and I have come
to help the young people in this region. “