Carlos Slim - Awards

Awards

Slim has been awarded the Entrepreneurial Merit Medal of Honor from Mexico's Chamber of Commerce. He is a "gold patron" of the American Academy of Achievement, a Commander in the Belgian Order of Leopold II, CEO of the year in 2003 by Latin Trade magazine, and one year later CEO of the decade by the same magazine.

In 2008 his philanthropy was recognised with the award of The National Order of the Cedar by the Lebanese government.

On May 20, 2012 Slim was awarded an honorary degree from George Washington University.

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