Question 1

True or false: Slim once held the title of the world's richest person for several years.

Accepted Answer

True. From 2010 to 2013, Forbes ranked Carlos Slim as the richest person globally, ahead of Bill Gates.

Question 2

True or false: Carlos Slim was born into extreme poverty in rural Mexico.

Accepted Answer

False. He was born in Mexico City to a wealthy Lebanese-Mexican family; his father owned a successful dry goods store.

Question 3

True or false: In 2015, Carlos Slim became the largest shareholder of The New York Times Company.

Accepted Answer

True. In 2015, Slim invested $250 million, acquiring a roughly 17% stake and becoming the largest individual shareholder of the company.

Question 4

True or false: Carlos Slim once attempted to buy the New York Yankees baseball team.

Accepted Answer

False. There is no credible record of him trying to buy the Yankees; he has focused on telecom and infrastructure.

Question 5

True or false: Slim's Grupo Carso owns a chain of high-end department stores in Mexico.

Accepted Answer

False. Grupo Carso's Sanborns is a popular but mid-range chain of department stores and restaurants, not high-end. Mexico's high-end department stores, like Palacio de Hierro, are not owned by Slim.

Question 6

True or false: Carlos Slim has a personal art collection worth over $1 billion, including works by Rodin.

Accepted Answer

False. The collection, housed in the Soumaya Museum, is estimated to be worth around $700 million, not over $1 billion.

Question 7

True or false: Slim sold his entire stake in Telmex to a Chinese telecom giant in 2020.

Accepted Answer

False. He still controls Telmex through Grupo Carso; no such sale to a Chinese firm occurred.

Question 8

True or false: Carlos Slim held the title of the world's richest person from 2010 to 2013.

Accepted Answer

True. Forbes ranked him as the wealthiest person globally for four consecutive years, with a net worth peaking at $79 billion in 2013.

Carlos Slim Trivia Questions