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Luis Alberto Freile

26/09/2014

Entrepreneurship

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Teacher: Silvia arv!e"

#arlos Sli$

#arlos Sli$ %el&' no( the (ealthiest $an on Earth' is a hi)hl* reco)ni"e+ business$an an+

entrepreneur ,ro$ -e.ico' (ho is the +eveloper an+ ,oun+er o, the #arso roup %e (as born in

-e.ico #it* on anuar* 2th 1940' son o, a Lebanese $i)rant (ho o(ne+ several businesses in the

cit* %e )ra+uate+ ,ro$ civil en)ineerin) school at the Autono$ous ational niversit* o, -e.ico'

an+ (ore+ ,or the niversit* teachin) al)ebra an+ pro)ra$$in) 5ears a,ter Sli$ $arrie+ toSou$a*a o$it e$a*el' he starte+ his career b* ,oun+in) an invest$ent co$pan* calle+

7nvestora 8urs!til an+ beco$in) the presi+ent o, -ana)e$ent

8ein) a +eter$ine+ entrepreneur' an+ +ue to the )ro(in) success o, his co$pan*' Sli$

acuire+ other businesses +e+icate+ principall* to real estate an+ construction To)ether (ith his

o(n businesses' he beca$e a sharehol+er o, another ,e( private co$panies A,ter i$provin)

re$arabl* his reputation an+ the nu$ber o, his acuire+ assets' he ,oun+e+ the #arso roup'

(hich (as the uni,ication o, all his principal co$panies 7t (as ,ocuse+ on the activities o, in+ustr*'

co$$erce' construction' $inin)' ,oo+' an+ tobacco

espite the 192 ,inancial crisis in -e.ico' (hen econo$* (as practicall* paral*"e+' Sli$

never )ave up on his invest$ents %e (as clever enou)h to secure his invest$ents on econo$icall*

soli+ enterprises such as eneral Tire' Sanborns' an+ e*nol+s Alu$inio %e ept his invest$ents

up to 194 (hen econo$* ,lourishe+ a)ain' so he (as able to retrieve (hat he ha+ investe+ This

one (as a reall* intelli)ent strate)* to eep the crisis ,ro$ a,,ectin) his entire ,inancial pro)ress;

eep the invest$ents sa,e an+ $ovin) to avoi+ the conseuences o, the econo$ical +eca* o, the

ti$e

Thans to his )reat $ana)e$ent o, invest$ents' he (as able *ears later to e.pan+ the$ to a

variet* o, retail stores' international ,ast ,oo+ bran+s' an+ local insurance co$panies o( his

shares (ere not li$ite+ to local co$panies; a,ter +evelopin) a teleco$$unications )roup calle+

Tel$e.' he (on the support o, French an+ A$erican partners To)ether (ith South(estern 8ell an+France Teleco$' the* provi+e+ a carrier net(or service available in -e.ico that (as later calle+

Telcel 7t is no( the $a

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#arlos Sli$ +i+n=t beco$e a $ere investor ,or his o(n interest; he ,oun+e+ the #arlos Sli$

Foun+ation to support social activities concerne+ on nutrition' e+ucation' health' environ$ental

issues' an+ $an* other altruistic activities Even thou)h his (i,e' the hea+ o, all these or)ani"ations'

 passe+ a(a* *ears later' Sli$ +i+n=t put an en+ to the social activities o, the roup %e believe+ that

these activities (ere a ,air (a* to invest $one* thinin) about the nee+s o, societ* Sli$ +i+n=t stopthere either %e sa( the nee+ to preserve the -e.ican culture b* creatin) $useu$s o, national

herita)e' as the Fun+aci>n +el #entro %ist>rico +e la #iu+a+ +e -?.ico

%avin) +evelope+ the $ost i$portant cellular net(or in -e.ico' he bou)ht several

teleco$$unication co$panies all over Latin A$erica an+ the #aribbean The Tel$e. service (as

no( available in $a