Carlos Slim
By Diego Osorno
Foreword by Jon Lee Anderson
Translated by Juana Adcock
By Diego Osorno
Foreword by Jon Lee Anderson
Translated by Juana Adcock
By Diego Osorno
Foreword by Jon Lee Anderson
Translated by Juana Adcock
By Diego Osorno
Foreword by Jon Lee Anderson
Translated by Juana Adcock
Category: Biography & Memoir | World Politics
Category: Biography & Memoir | World Politics
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$29.95
Sep 24, 2019 | ISBN 9781786634375
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Sep 24, 2019 | ISBN 9781786634368
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Praise
“One of the world’s best reporters tells the story of Carlos Slim, Mexico’s richest person, and the first from a developing country to make it to the top of the Forbes list. Osorno tells a remarkable tale of how the child of Lebanese immigrants slowly put together an empire that stretches from airlines to telecoms and health care.”
—John Freeman, Editor of Freeman’s and author of The Undoing
“Piercing the veil of secrecy surrounding one of world’s richest and most private businessmen was never going to be straightforward. In the end it took eight years, more than one hundred interviews, four hundred rejections, and oodles of patience to write the most comprehensive biography of Carlos Slim to date.”
—Nina Lakhani, Guardian
“After years of investigative journalism with access to confidential files and more than a hundred interviews, Diego Osorno condenses all the details of life that made Carlos Slim the richest billionaire in the world … This book includes the truth about the political, social and historical influence of the entrepreneur with his direct testimony and anecdotes about his peculiar financial maneuvers.”
—Vice News
“Sophisticated in some things, simple in others, proactive in certain subjects and puerile elsewhere, cosmopolitan and also deeply provincial—a multifaceted portrait emerges from this unforgettable book. Throughout the book, Diego Osorno does not condemn nor glorify but he does expose … This book will lead to an essential discussion about how Mexico creates Slim-style billionaires, about inequality, about influence, about business ethics. And about the legacy of a man with a fortune of $77.1 billion.”
—Denise Dresser, La Reforma
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