As per the wikipedia[1]: "By the time he was 26 years old, his net worth was $40 million". Wow! Its not very clear how. From the follow on link it appears tha

As per the wikipedia[1]: "By the time he was 26 years old, his net worth was $40 million". Wow! Its not very clear how. From the follow on link it appears that this was from investing in stocks. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Slim#Early_life http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Slim#Early_life