Eduardo Saverin, Facebook co -founder and owner of a $ 29.8 billion fortune, is the richest person in South America, according to Forbes real -time data. Then appears Chilean Iris Fontbona and his family, with $ 27.2 billion. Three of the five richest billionaires in the region are from.
Check out the list of the five richest people in South America
Eduardo Saverin
Country: Brazil
Equity: US $ 29.8 billion
Eduardo Saverin co -founded Facebook alongside Mark Zuckerberg and three other colleagues while studying at Harvard University in the US. His fortune originates from the social network. Saverin was born in São Paulo, but has lived in Singapore since 2012. He has maintained B Capital, a startup investment company
IRIS FONTBONA AND FAMILY
Country: Chile
Equity: US $ 27.2 billion
Andron widow Luksic, who died in 2005, Iris and their children inherited their business and today control antofagasta PLC, owner of copper mines in Chile. They also have majority participation in the Quiñenco conglomerate, with business in the banking, beverage, transportation, among others.
Vicky Safra and Family
Country: Brazil
Equity: US $ 22.1 billion
Vicky Safra is the richest woman in Brazil. Vicky and her four children inherited the fortune of her late husband and father, banker Joseph Safra. The family owns the Safra Bank in Brazil, the Swiss bank J. Safra Sarasin and the National Bank of New York crop.
Jorge Paulo Lemann and Family
Country: Brazil
Equity: US $ 17.3 billion
Jorge Paulo Lemann and Brazilian partners Carlos Sicupira and Marcel Herrmann Telles became the entrepreneurs behind the success of Anheuser-Busch Inbev, the largest brewery in the world, created in 2004 from the merger of Belgian Interbrew and Brazilian Ambev. The three are American reference shareholders and lead the 3G Capital Investment Fund, which features Restaurante Brands International (Burger King controller) at Kraft Heinz, among others.
David Velez and Family
Country: Colombia
Equity: US $ 12 billion
David Vélez is co -founder and CEO of the Digital Bank Nubank. According to Forbes, the bank has 90 million customers in Brazil, Mexico and Colombia.
*With information from Estadão Content
Posted by Nátaly Tenório
