List of Latin Americans by net worth

The list of Latin Americans by net worth is based on an annual assessment of wealth and assets compiled and published by Forbes magazine in 2019. In the same year the region of Latin America and the Caribbean had over 100 billionaires (in USD). The countries with the billionaires are: Brazil (58), Mexico (17), Chile (7), Peru (6), Argentina (5), Colombia (3), Saint Kitts and Nevis (2) and Venezuela (2).

Annual rankings

2019

Rank	Name	Net worth (USD):[1]	Age	Country	Source(s) of wealth
1	Carlos Slim Helu	64.0 billion	79	Mexico	telecom
2	Joseph Safra	25.2 billion	80	Brazil	banking
3	Jorge Paulo Lemann	24.6 billion	79	Brazil	beer
4	Iris Fontbona	15.4 billion	76	Chile	mining
5	Germán Larrea Mota-Velasco	13.3 billion	65	Mexico	mining
6	Ricardo Salinas Pliego	11.1 billion	63	Mexico	retail, media
7	Luis Carlos Sarmiento	10.8 billion	86	Colombia	banking
8	Marcel Herrmann Telles	9.9 billion	69	Brazil	beer
9	Eduardo Saverin	9.7 billion	37	Brazil	Facebook
10	Carlos Alberto Sicupira	8.9 billion	71	Brazil	beer
11	Alberto Baillères	7.4 billion	87	Mexico	mining
12	Eva Gonda de Rivera	6.7 billion	-	Mexico	beverages
13	María Asunción Aramburuzabala	5.6 billion	56	Mexico	beer, investments
14	Jerónimo Arango	4.3 billion	93	Mexico	retail
15	Juan Francisco Beckmann Vidal	4.3 billion	79	Mexico	tequila
16	Carlos Rodriguez-Pastor	4.1 billion	60	Peru	finance
17	Juan Carlos Escotet	3.8 billion	59	Venezuela	banking
17	Julio Ponce Lerou	3.8 billion	73	Chile	fertilizer
19	Jaime Gilinski Bacal	3.6 billion	61	Colombia	banking
20	Jose Joao Abdalla Filho	3.4 billion	74	Brazil	investments

Notes

Jerónimo Arango died on April 4th 2020 at the age of 92-93.

See also

• Lists of billionaires
• List of countries by the number of billionaires

References

1. "Billionaires 2019". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-07-08.