Grupo Carso is a Mexican global conglomerate company owned by

Carlos Slim Carlos Slim Helú (; born 28 January 1940) is a Mexican business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. From 2010 to 2013, Slim was ranked as the richest person in the world by the ''Forbes'' business magazine. He derived his fortune from hi ...

. It was formed in 1990 after the merger of Corporación Industrial Carso and Grupo Inbursa. The name Carso stands for Carlos Slim and Soumaya Domit de Slim, his late wife. In May 2014, the conglomerate had a stock market capitalisation of over $12 billion US dollars.Grupo Carso.
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(which includes

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and

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) separated itself from Grupo Carso.

Divisions

Industrial

* Grupo Porcelanite * Cigatam

Commercial

Grupo Sanborns Grupo Sanborns is a retailing arm of the Carlos Slim-run Grupo Carso that includes the namesake Sanborns chain, Mixup music stores, iShop electronics stores, Saks Fifth Avenue and Sears department stores in Mexico, and other formats. The name ...

Infrastructure and construction

* Grupo PC Constructores * Swecomex * CICSA * CILSA (Constructora de Infraestructura Latinoamericana)

Telecommunication

Research & Development

* CIDEC

References

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Official Grupo Carso website
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