Carlos Slim Helu – Mexican Businessman

As a self-made billionaire, Carlos Slim Helu knows the ups and downs the telecom industry. In 2015, his company was hit hard by the election of Donald Trump and his net worth declined sharply in just days following the United States general election.

Before that, he shares in pan-Latin American mobile phone operator America Movil went down after the new Mexican telecom regulations, the economic decline in Brazil and the weaker Mexican peso. All this combined to drop Slim’s net worth by $27.1 billion, which made him the largest dollar loser on the Forbes 2016 Billionaires list. However, in 2016, Carlos Slim Helu and family held the #17 spot on the 100 most powerful people list according to Forbes.

The masculine name Carlos is the Portuguese, Spanish, and Catalan form of Charles, which is taken from the German name Karl that is derived from the Germanic word that means “man”. On the other hand, there are many other people that believe it is derived from the common Germanic name element hari that means “warrior” or “army”.

There are many famous people with the name, from Carlos Vives the Colombian singer to Carlos Garay an American football player. There are even people of Royalty with the name, like Carlos I of Portugal the second to last king in Portugal or Carlos the Prince of Asturias and son of King Philip II. Plus, there are even fictional characters with the name, like Carlos Olivera from Resident Evil 3: Nemesis or Carlos Vallerte from the Power Rangers series.