Carlos Rodríguez-Pastor, owner of the Group Intercorp, is the richest man in Peru. In recent years he has become one of the businessmen who has accumulated the most fortune. As early as 2022, the financial magazine Forbes announced that the Peruvian has increased his wealth by more than 50% in the last 9 years.
According to the latest publication in the US media, Rodríguez-Pastor, owner of one of the most important conglomerates in Latin Americahas a fortune amounting to US $ 5,200 million in the last year.
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The tycoon surpasses other Peruvian billionaires such as Ana María Brescia, owner of 30% of the Breca Group with US$1.5 billion, and Eduardo Hochschild, president of the Hochschild Group, a major mining and industrial group, with US$1.1 billion.
Now, it is worth asking: What position does Carlos Rodríguez-Pastor occupy in the ranking of the richest men in the world? In this note we are going to tell you.
What position does Rodríguez-Pastor occupy in the ranking of the richest men in the world?
It is valid to point out that the assets of the Peruvian businessman have varied over the years. For example, Forbes details that in 2013 the businessman registered the sum of 3.4 million dollars. While in 2021, his fortune amounted to 5,300 million.
Ehe Peruvian businessman occupies position 523 in the ranking of the richest in the world, currently headed by Tesla CEO Elon Musk. The eccentric American nationalized businessman has a fortune of US$ 219 billion.
Musk is closely followed by Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon, who has a fortune of US$171 billion; while Bernard Arnault, owner of the luxury conglomerate LVMH (Louis Vuitton)records US$ 158 billion.
It should be noted that Rodríguez-Pastor appeared for the first time on the Forbes list in 2012, in that year his assets were US $ 2 billion. That same year, the businessman founded InRetail, a holding company that manages the PlazaVea and Vivanda supermarkets, the Real Plaza shopping centers, and the InkaFarma and Mifarma pharmacies.
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Who are the richest men in Latin America?
If we refer to the richest men in Latin America. The first place is occupied by the Mexican Carlos Slim Helu, telecommunications group owner América Móvil and Telmex, with a fortune of $81.2 billion and occupies the thirteenth position in the global ranking of billionaires.
The second richest man in Latin America is German Larreamining owner Mexico Group, with a fortune of $30.8 billion dollars and ranks 45th in the Forbes world ranking. While the Chilean Iris Fontbona and his family, owners of the business consortium Luksic Groupranks 67th with a net worth of $22.8 billion.
