Carlos Slim Domit, chairman of the board of América Móvil and Grupo Carso, on September 4 publicly endorsed the inclusion of private capital in Plan México. He argued that such participation can lift investment to between 25 and 28 percent of GDP and sustain growth above 4 percent, according to El CEO.
He made the remarks at the opening of the México Siglo XXI forum, organized by the Fundación Telmex-Telcel for its scholarship recipients. According to El Universal, Slim Domit said that Plan México's roadmap recognizes the importance of private capital and that domestic private investment is central to generating jobs, development, and raising the population's socioeconomic level. Plan México, one of the federal government's core economic pillars, calls for expanding public, private, and mixed participation in total national investment. The statement by the chairman of two of the country's largest business groups reads as a clear signal of alignment with that objective.
At the same forum, he stated that "Plan México's fundamental pillar is driving public, private, and mixed investment to levels of 25 to 28 percent of gross domestic product," as reported by El CEO. The América Móvil chairman tied that target directly to telecommunications: he argued that artificial intelligence will play a central role in coming years, both for professional development and for the broader economy, and that its adoption demands intensive, sustained investment and the continuous upgrading of networks. He noted that Telmex and Telcel, two companies in the family portfolio, bear responsibility for ensuring Mexico has a competitive connectivity platform, and he recalled Telmex's transformation from a local state-owned enterprise into one of the world's most important telecommunications groups.
The backing of one of the country's largest conglomerates reinforces the official goal of bringing investment to that share of GDP. Looking ahead, Slim Domit committed to sustained investment in connectivity and anticipated that artificial intelligence will set the pace of the economy. That private capital is precisely what the plan counts on to underpin growth.
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