Andrónico Luksic Abaroa Explained

Andrónico Luksic Abaroa
Birth Place:Antofagasta, Chile
Death Date:18 August 2005 (aged 78)
Death Place:Santiago, Chile
Spouse:
    Children:Andrónico Luksic Craig
    Guillermo Luksic Craig
    Paola Luksic Fontbona
    Gabriela Luksic Fontbona
    Jean-Paul Luksic Fontbona
    Mother:Elena Abaroa Córdoba
    Father:Polikarp Lukšić Ljubetić
    Relatives:Eduardo Abaroa (great-grandfather)

    Antonio Andrónico Luksic Abaroa (5 November 1926  - 18 August 2005) was a Chilean businessman of Croatian and Bolivian origin. He founded the Luksic Group, becoming the richest person in Chile, the fourth in Latin America, and the 132nd in the world, with a net worth in 2005 of according to Forbes magazine. The Luksic Group has interests in the mining, financial, industrial, and beverages sectors. Major holdings include, or have included, Banco de Chile, Compañia de Cervecerias Unidas (CCU), and Antofagasta Plc, a UK-listed copper mining company. In Croatia, he was involved in the tourist industry.

    In September 2002, the Chilean newspaper El Mercurio published an interview with Andrónico Luksic titled "Don Andrónico cuenta su historia" (Don Andrónico shares his story), in which he explains how, after a life of hard work, he had decided to retire and "dedicate himself to what he liked the most: his family, his beloved Croatia and social assistance".[1]

    Family

    Luksic was born in Antofagasta, to a Bolivian mother, Elena Abaroa Córdova (grandchild of Bolivian War of the Pacific hero Eduardo Abaroa), and a Croatian immigrant father, Polikarp Lukšić Ljubetić, who had arrived in Chile from the Adriatic island of Brač in 1910 and had made a living in the nitrate industry.

    Luksic married Ena del Carmen Craig Monett in 1953 and they had two sons: Andrónico (born 16 April 1954) and Guillermo (14 January 1956  - 2013) Luksic was widowed when Ena died in 1959. He married Iris Fontbona González in 1961, when she was 18 years old. They had two daughters: Paola (born 1961/1962) and Gabriela (born 1962/1963), and one son: Jean-Paul Luksic Fontbona (born 31 May 1964).)

    Death

    Antonio Andrónico Luksic Abaroa died of cancer on 18 August 2005, aged 78, in Santiago de Chile. As of 2011, his widow Iris Fontbona and their family had a net worth of . As of October 2012 the Bloomberg Billionaires Index lists Iris Fontbona, who lives in Santiago[2] as the 33rd richest person in the world with an estimated net worth of $19.7 billion.[3] The Forbes 2016 lists Iris Fontbona Chile's richest person with a $13.8 billion mining assets fortune (or a $15.5 billion total fortune she shares with the rest of her immediate family), making her the fourth-richest in the region. Her net worth is equivalent to 6% of Chile's GDP.[4] As of November 2022 Forbes Billionaire List, the Luksic family had a net worth of $22.8 billion and are considered the #83 richest family in the world.[5]

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    Notes and References

    1. News: 19 August 2005 . La entrevista que Andrónico Luksic Abaroa dio a El Mercurio . El Mercurio . dead . 9 March 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120516234438/https://www.emol.com/noticias/economia/2005/08/19/192641/la-entrevista-que-andronico-luksic-abaroa-dio-a-el-mercurio.html . 16 May 2012.
    2. Web site: Iris Fontbona. Forbes. 16 July 2015.
    3. Web site: Bloomberg Billionaires Index. 3 December 2012. Bloomberg LP. https://web.archive.org/web/20121214085457/http://topics.bloomberg.com/bloomberg-billionaires-index/. 2012-12-14. dead.
    4. News: Forbes 2016 World’s Billionaires: Meet The Richest People in Chile. 4 March 2019. The Santiago Times. 8 March 2017.
    5. Web site: Iris Fontbona & family . 2022-11-04 . Forbes . en.