Ideologies / Conservative Capitalist / Carlos Slim
§ The minds · b. 1940 · Mexico · Magnate
Carlos Slim
The monopolist's fortune
Capital entwined with the state.
Economic+88
SocialistMarket
Governance+24
LibertarianAuthoritarian
Social−30
TraditionalProgressive
The Mexican magnate whose telecom empire — built on privatisation and market dominance under a strong state — made him for years the richest person on earth: capitalism entwined with political power.
social
Traditional business-establishment conservatism.
economic
Built one of the world's great fortunes on privatised telecoms near-monopoly.
governance
Thrived through close ties to a strong, dominant-party state.
Notable for
- Telecom near-monopoly
- World's richest person (2010–13)
- Privatisation fortune
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