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Julián Slim Haddad (born Khalil Salim Haddad Aglamaz) was a Lebanese-born Mexican businessman. He was the founder of the prominent Slim family, which includes his son Carlos Slim Helú, formerly the wealthiest person in the world and currently the wealthiest person in Mexico and Latin America.

Slim was born Khalil Salim Haddad Aglamaz{{cite magazine|title=15 cosas que no sabías de Carlos Slim|date=2016-01-28|magazine=People en español|lang=es|url=https://peopleenespanol.com/gallery/15-cosas-que-no-sabias-de-carlos-slim/}} in the village of Jezzine in Lebanon,{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/north-america-travel/us-travel/new-york-city/mexican-mogul-carlos-slim-got-his-big-break-in-sell-off-of-national-telephone-firm-r2hkt0tnwbp|title=Mexican mogul Carlos Slim got his big break in sell-off of national telephone firm|last=Bone|first=James|date=11 March 2010|newspaper=The Times|access-date=17 June 2011|location=London}}{{subscription required}}{{cite newspaper|last=De Jong|first=Feike|title=The billionaire and the airport: could his last act in Mexico City ruin Carlos Slim?|date=2017-06-28|newspaper=The Guardian|location=Mexico City|url=https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/jun/28/billionaire-airport-last-act-mexico-city-ruin-carlos-slim}} which was then a part of the Ottoman Empire.{{cite web|title=La travesía del padre de Carlos Slim: huyó de la opresión en el Líbano y comenzó un imperio empresarial con 25,800 pesos|date=2021-03-18|website=Infobae|lang=es|url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2021/03/18/la-travesia-del-padre-de-carlos-slim-huyo-de-la-opresion-en-el-libano-y-comenzo-un-imperio-empresarial-con-25800-pesos/?outputType=amp-type}} His family were Maronite Christians.

At the age of 14, in 1902, he fled Lebanon for Mexico, to escape conscription into the Ottoman army before the age of 15. He landed at the port of Veracruz that year, being unable to speak Spanish. From Veracruz, he traveled to Tampico, Tamaulipas, where he joined his older brothers José, Elías, Carlos, and Pedro Slim, who had been living in Mexico since 1898. He then changed his name to Julián Slim Haddad.

In 1904, the Slim brothers moved to Mexico City. There, Julián and José opened the store La Estrella del Oriente (The Oriental Star) in the neighborhood of La Merced.

Taken from Carlos Slim's article, to be rewritten and cleaned up

Slim's father, Khalil Salim Haddad Aglamaz, was born on 17 July 1888{{Cite web|url=https://gw.geneanet.org/sanchiz?lang=en&n=slim+haddad&oc=0&p=julian|title=Family tree of Julián Slim Haddad|website=Geneanet|language=en|access-date=23 March 2019}} in Jezzine, Lebanon (then part of the Ottoman Empire). In 1902, at the age of 14, Haddad emigrated to Mexico alone, and later changed his name to Julián Slim Haddad. It was not uncommon for Lebanese children to be sent abroad before they reached the age of 15 to avoid being conscripted into the Ottoman Army, and four of Haddad's older brothers were already living in Mexico at the time of his arrival.{{cite web |url=http://www.carlosslim.com/biografia_ing.html |title=Biography |publisher=Carlos Slim Helú |access-date=19 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110824170413/http://www.carlosslim.com/biografia_ing.html |archive-date=24 August 2011 |url-status=dead }}{{unreliable source?|date=April 2011}}

In 1911, Julián established a dry goods retail store, La Estrella de Oriente (The Star of the Orient).{{cite web | url=http://www.carlosslim.com/biografia_ing.html | title=Biography | access-date=12 April 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110824170413/http://www.carlosslim.com/biografia_ing.html | archive-date=24 August 2011 | url-status=dead }} By 1921, he had begun investing in real estate in the flourishing commercial district of Mexico City where Julián acquired prime Mexican real estate at fire sale prices and in the Zocalo District during the 1910–1917 Mexican Revolution.{{cite web |url=http://www.evancarmichael.com/Famous-Entrepreneurs/1072/The-Mobile-Mexican-Magnate-How-Carlos-Slim-Helu-Got-His-Start.html |title=THE MOBILE MEXICAN MAGNATE: HOW CARLOS SLIM HELU GOT HIS START |publisher=EvanCarMichael |access-date=12 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150412113346/http://www.evancarmichael.com/Famous-Entrepreneurs/1072/The-Mobile-Mexican-Magnate-How-Carlos-Slim-Helu-Got-His-Start.html |archive-date=12 April 2015 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |author=Sean Braswell |date=6 August 2015 |title=Carlos Slim's Worldwide Portfolio |url=http://ozy.com/provocateurs/carlos-slims-worldwide-portfolio/62341 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808012921/https://www.ozy.com/provocateurs/carlos-slims-worldwide-portfolio/62341/ |archive-date=8 August 2022 |access-date=16 August 2015}} By 1922, Julián's net worth reached $1,012,258 pesos, shrewdly diversified among a vast array of various cash flow-producing assets that included large swathes incoming-producing investment-grade real estate, a multifarious assemblage of privately-controlled businesses, and stocks.

In August 1926, Julián Slim married Linda Helú Atta. Linda, of Lebanese ancestry, was born in Parral, Chihuahua. Her parents had immigrated to Mexico from Lebanon in the late 19th century. Upon immigrating to Mexico, her parents founded one of the first Arabic-language magazines for the Lebanese-Mexican community, using a printing press they had brought with them. Julian and Linda had six children: Nour, Alma, Julián, José, Carlos, and Linda. Julián senior died in 1953, when Carlos was 13 years old.

Julian's panoply of successful business ventures and investment undertakings became the source of considerable wealth for himself and his family. As a prominent businessman and wealthy investor who remained a reputable pillar within the Lebanese Mexican community, Julian was known for his shrewd business acumen and his astute knack when making investments during bad economic cycles (which occurred frequently in Mexico).{{cite magazine | url=http://archive.wired.com/wired/archive/9.01/slim_pr.html | title=Yo Quiero Todo Bell | magazine=Wired | access-date=10 April 2015 | author=Jonathan Kandell}} Julián was known for his business savvy, strong work ethic, and commitment to traditional Lebanese moral values.

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