Carlos Slim Keeps It 'All in the Family' as Grandkids Join Company Boards Thomson Reuters
go to original May 19, 2016

Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim has put two of his grandchildren on boards of his companies, a major step in the succession of one of the world's largest family business empires.

Daniel and Rodrigo Hajj Slim, both in their early 20s, are sons of Slim's second-eldest daughter Vanessa and Daniel Hajj, chief executive of the family's most valuable asset, America Movil. The sons were made directors at smaller companies.

Slim has said publicly that his succession plan is done, having put his three sons in key positions of his telecoms-to- banking empire, worth some $50 billion, and transferring much of his wealth to his children.

But building a bridge to the next generation, which appears to be part of the longer-term plan, is notoriously tricky.

Daniel Jr.'s appointment to the board of Slim-owned metals miner Minera Frisco was approved by shareholders in April 2015, according to a public filing to Mexico's stock exchange. The Slim family holds a direct stake of 78 percent.

Rodrigo joined the board of Spanish real estate business Soinmob Inmobiliaria Espanola SA in March this year, according to a filing in Madrid.

As in the United States, most businesses in Mexico are family-run. But barely 5 percent of them make it to the third generation successfully, according to Hector Macias, a corporate governance expert at PWC.

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