Forbes magazine has presented its annual ranking of billionaires 2023. Frenchman Bernard Arnault leads the list. The next six are from the USA, only in eighth place is Mexican Carlos Slim. In which positions are the six Argentines who are part of it.
In total there are 2,640 ten-figure fortunes, 18 fewer than last year, which was 2,668. In all, the planet’s billionaires are now worth $12.2 trillion, a drop of $500 billion from $12.7 trillion a year ago.
Almost half of the list is poorer than in 2022. This listing marks another milestone, he highlighted Not even Elon Musk from first place fell that low, landing at no. 2. His decline was mostly due to the costly acquisition of Twitter that helped send Tesla stock plummeting.
In this way, it is the first time that a Frenchman (Bernard Arnault, head of the luxury giant LVMH) has reached the top of the ranking.
In the small group of billionaires there are only 6 Argentines. This year there is one less: the pharmaceutical entrepreneur Alberto Roemmers, who until last year was 1,292nd but who died last year. None of his heirs were included in the ranking.
1. Marco Galperin
The richest Argentine in the world appears in position 556which is still Marcos Galperin, CEO and co-founder of Mercado Libre. In the ranking he is cited as the founder of the “eBay of Latin America”.
“MercadoLibre, which operates in 18 Latin American countries and Portugal, was listed on the Nasdaq in 2007. Galperin holds a BA in Economics and Finance from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Stanford University. He worked for three years at Argentine oil company YPF and as a summer intern at JPMorgan before founding MercadoLibre in 1999,” the publication adds.
2. Gregorio Perez Companc
In position 1.027 appears the second luckiest Argentine, Gregorio Pérez Companc and family. The businessman nicknamed “Goyo” cHe has an estimated fortune of $2.9 billion compared to $1.8 billion less than in 2022.
Gregorio Pérez Companc “Gregorio Pérez Companc built the energy conglomerate and sold it to Brazilian giant Petrobas for $1 billion in 2002,” notes Forbes. And he adds that in December 2009 he gave up his active stake in the business and handed over his 75% stake in the food giant Molinos Río de la Plata to his sons.
3. Paolo Rocca
In third place, in position 1.104 and with Italian nationality appears Paolo Rocca, owner of the Techint Group.
“Paolo Rocca, together with his billionaire brother Gianfelice, oversees the Techint Group, the global conglomerate founded by his grandfather, the industrialist Agostino Rocca”, reads the international publication.
His wealth is estimated at $2.7 billion.but it has dropped positions in the global ranking: it has dropped from position 807 to its current position due to a change in the way its holdings are calculated.
In total, the Techint Group generates more than $22 billion in annual sales and employs approximately 52,000 people worldwide.
“Paolo, who is the general manager, resides in Argentina; Gianfelice runs the group’s healthcare company, Humanitas, from Italy,” notes Forbes.
4. Eduardo Eurnekian
In fourth place, at position 1,575 in the standings, there is Eduardo Eurnekian. “Eurnekian, son of Armenian immigrants in Argentina, worked for the first time in the textile industry”, Forbes magazine presents the Argentine businessman.
In the list of millionaires they spot his fortune at US$1,900 million. passed from being seventh top fortune locally to place three positions ahead. Also in the world ranking this year it has climbed positions: it has gone from 1,929 place to 1,575.
He entered the cable television business in the decade of 1980. In the 1990s, you got $750 million from the sale of the Cablevisión company. With Corporación América, Eurnekian and his partners are owners of over 50 airports worldwide.
5. Bulgheroni moves away
Entrepreneur Alejandro Bulgheroni is in fifth position this year, at 1,647, with assets of US$1,800 million. Bulgheroni, together with his late brother, took over the energy company Bridas Corp., founded by his father, in 1985.
He currently commands the Pan American Energy Group, the largest privately owned oil company in the country. PAE has 16% of consolidated participation in the Argentine hydrocarbon market.
6. Edoardo Costantini
In sixth and last place of the local millionaires it appears -located in position 2.133 of the ranking- Edward Costantini, real estate entrepreneur and creator of Nordelta and Malba, the Museum of Latin American Art in Buenos Aires.
“After working as a stockbroker and financial manager, Eduardo Costantini founded the real estate development company Consultatio in 1991″, notes the company publication. It owns almost 70% of Consultatio SA, its greatest asset.
The Buenos Aires-listed company has developments in Argentina and the United States, including a $700 million luxury housing development near Miami.
He is also the majority shareholder of Consultatio Asset Management, a Buenos Aires firm with over $700 million in assets under management.
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Source: Clarin
