Carlos Slim Helú
summarizes what he considers to be the Group’s business
principles in 10 points, which have been
communicated to his relatives, colleagues, employees and
work force.
- Have always
simple organizational structures, minimal hierarchical
levels; provide human and in-house development of the
executives; maintain flexibility and fast decision-making
capability; work with the advantages of a small company.
- Maintaining
austerity in good times strengthens, profits and
accelerates the development of the company and averts the
bitterly drastic adjustments in times of crisis.
- Stay focused on
modernization, growth, training, quality, simplification
and the continuous improvement of production processes.
Increase productivity and competitiveness, reduce costs
and expenses by using global benchmarks.
- Companies should
never be limited by the size of the owner or manager. Do
not feel big in our small corral. Minimize investment in
non-productive assets.
- There is no
challenge that we cannot overcome by working united, and
with clear vision in the goals and knowing the tools.
- Money that
leaves the company evaporates; this is why we reinvest
profits.
- Corporate
creativity is not only applicable to business, but also to
solving many of society's problems. This is what we do
through the Group's Foundations.
- Firm and patient
optimism always yields its rewards.
- All times are
good times for those who know how to work and have the
means to do so.
- Our premise is
and has always been that we leave with nothing; that we
can only do things while we are alive and that businessmen
are creators of the wealth they temporarily manage.
Carlos Slim took
some of these points from business lessons from his father,
Julián Slim Haddad, who brought his son to work at a very
young age and noted his unique interest in commerce.

Carlos Slim, in a
letter to the university community, gives advise to the most
outstanding students on what, in his opinión, are the most
important things in life.
Mexico City, June
1994
I write to you this
letter in order to share some of my life experiences, hoping
it will contribute to your education, your way of thinking
and living, your emotional well-being, your sense of
responsibility to yourselves and to others, your maturity,
and above all, to your happiness, which should be the result
of your daily existence.
You are privileged
within society due to your talents and efforts, and for the
best reason, your own worth.
We all want
a country with security, education, employment, health and
economic growth.This is the time to join wills … In Mexico
we agree.
The Chapultepec
Agreement, whose full name is the National Agreement for
Unity, Rule of Law, Development, Investment and Employment,
is a document signed by many segments of Mexican society,
including politicians, athletes, academics, farmers,
businessmen, students, intellectuals, media, professionals,
artists and other members of civil society, all of whom have
accepted joint responsibility for the growth of the country,
respectful of the State’s constitutional role, to coordinate
and lead the effort of all Mexicans in the growth and
development of Mexico; more than 1,200,000 individuals
interested in the welfare and development of the country
have endorsed this agreement.
The Chapultepec
Agreement has the following objectives:
- Rule of
Law and Public Security.
Consolidate the rule of law in a democratic regime that
guarantees freedom, human and social rights, physical and
legal security.
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Development with Justice: Economic and Employment Growth.
Achieve accelerated, sustained and sustainable growth with
employment and with redistribution policies.
- Train
and Develop Human and Social Capital.
Provide More and better health and education.
-
Development of Physical Capital.
Accelerate construction of infrastructure and housing.
- Public
Administration Reform.
Make government more efficient and transparent in the
service of its citizens.
www.acuerdodechapultepec.org.mx
“Mr. Carlos Slim
Helú took part in the 15th Edition of the Mexico Business
Summit, which in 2017 addressed the topic: Defining
Mexico's options.
October 22-24, San Luis Potosí, SLP
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“We are stronger together": Carlos Slim Helú
January 27, 2017. Press Conference. Mexico City.
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Mr. Carlos Slim Helu was the keynote speaker in the first
Women’s Forum Mexico 2016.
April 27-28, 2016. Ciudad de México.
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Key note address by Mr. Carlos Slim Helu, during the 12th
edition of the Mexico Business Summit, October 26, 2014.
26-28 October 2014, Mexico Business Summit, Queretaro,
Mexico.
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Mr. Carlos Slim delivered a keynote address to the 26th
Civil Engineering National Congress.
Mexico City, November 16, 2011
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Mr. Carlos Slim imparted the keynote address
Challenges and Leadership in the First International
Congress of Miraflores College former students
February 12, 2011, Mexico City
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Carlos Slim participated as a special guest in the World
Mayors Summit on Climate at the Palace of the School of
Medicine in Mexico City. At the Summit, mayors from around
the world signed the Global Cities Covenant on Climate or
“Mexico City Pact”.
November 21st 2010
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Mr. Carlos Slim keynote address in Business Summit Mexico,
2010 (October 24-26, Toluca, State of Mexico). This 8th
edition was titled “Take-off Time: Actions for Change”.
Toluca, State of Mexico, October 24, 2010.
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With a lecture about "Philanthropy in Mexico" Mr. Carlos
Slim Helú participated in the 1st Conference Innovating
Tijuana 2010.
October 19, 2010, Tijuana, BC.
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Mr. Carlos Slim met distinguished UNAM students, teachers
and researchers to talk about diverse Mexico's problems,
Mexico's insertion in the current world, its institutions,
UNAM and the world as well.
México City, June 21, 2010.
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Mr. Carlos Slim Helú’s speech. Forum: Mexico Business
Summit, Monterrey, Mexico.
November 8-10, 2009.
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Society and Technology Seminar Organized by the UNAM,
Conference by Mr. Carlos Slim Helú, Mexico City
February 17th, 2009
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Forum: “Mexico in front of the crisis”. Third session.
What to do in order to grow? Conference by Mr. Carlos
Slim.
México City, February 9th, 2009
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Conference given by Mr. Carlos Slim in the Building
Bridges Meeting, Punta del Este, Uruguay
October 26, 2007.
In this conference about the vision of businessmen, the
Eng. Carlos Slim offer some ideas that can define the
present and give us some signs for the future; and also,
maybe, in order to understand the deep crises we have been
through in the 20th century, and those we will attend in
the 21st.
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Conference given by Mr. Carlos Slim Helú at the
Universidad Anáhuac
November 29, 2005
These are the words given by Mr. Carlos Slim Helú
in a conference at the Universidad Anáhuac, in which he
summarized the evolution of Mexico's economy and spoke
about the fight against poverty, unemployment, how to
create sources of employment, and the importance of
supporting health and education in Mexico—all of which
have resulted in the country's low economic growth. The
speech also includes the solutions he proposes for each of
these problems.
- A speech
given by Carlos Slim Helú: The technological Big Bang
November 20, 2004
In this presentation, Mr. Slim describes his own personal
view on the transformation of society throughout time,
that is, from being agricultural and rural society it
became an industrial and urban society that is now
changing due to the so called information technology
revolution.
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