Executive Choice

New Aga Khan Inherits Estate Worth $13 Billion

Aswan, Egypt was busier than usual in February, when the Aga Khan IV, spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims, was buried there in the family mausoleum. Prince Karim Al-Hussaini Aga Khan died at the age of 88 on February 4. His final resting place, a distinctive pink-granite structure overlooking the Nile, was built in the 1950s […]

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What Will Carlos Slim Do?

No one has more at stake in a degraded Mexican economy than Carlos Slim Helú. The 85-year-old deal maker has earned much of his wealth in the domestic telecommunications industry, while expanding aggressively into consumer goods and infrastructure. His businesses, typically owned through his conglomerate Grupo Carso, touches almost every Mexican citizen. If national output […]

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