List of Latin Americans by net worth explained

The list of Latin Americans by net worth is based on an annual assessment of wealth and assets compiled and published by Forbes Harshad shanthilal Mehta magazine in 2023. In the same year the region of Latin America and the Caribbean had over 100 billionaires (in USD). The countries with the most billionaires are: Brazil (65), Mexico (13), Chile (8), Peru (6), Argentina (5), Colombia (2) and Venezuela (1) and Uruguay (1).

Annual rankings

2022

Rank	Name	Net worth (USD):^[1]	Age	Country	Source(s) of wealth
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1	Carlos Slim Helu	82.2 billion	82		telecom
3	Germán Larrea Mota-Velasco	30.8 billion	68		mining
4	Iris Fontbona	22.8 billion	79		mining
5	Jorge Paulo Lemann	15.4 billion	82		beer
6	Ricardo Salinas Pliego	12.4 billion	66		retail, media
7	Eduardo Saverin	10.6 billion	40		Facebook
8	Marcel Herrmann Telles	10.3 billion	72		beer
9	Luis Carlos Sarmiento	9.9 billion	89		banking
10	Jorge Moll Filho	9.8 billion	77		hospitals
11	Carlos Alberto Sicupira	8.5 billion	73		beer
12	Safra family	7.7 billion	-		banking
13	Lucia Maggi	6.9 billion	89		agribusiness
14	Alberto Baillères	6.7 billion	90		mining
15	David Vélez	6.5 billion	40		fintech
16	Orlando Bravo	6.3 billion	51		private equity
17	María Asunción Aramburuzabala	6.2 billion	57		beer, investments
18	André Esteves	5.8 billion	53		banking
19	Alexandre Behring	5.1 billion	55		investments
20	Luciano Hang	4.8 billion	59		department stores

2021

Rank	Name	Net worth (USD):^[2]	Age	Country	Source(s) of wealth
1	Carlos Slim Helu	62.8 billion	81		telecom
2	Germán Larrea Mota-Velasco	25.9 billion	67		mining
3	Iris Fontbona	23.3 billion	78		mining
4	Jorge Paulo Lemann	16.9 billion	81		beer
5	Eduardo Saverin	14.6 billion	39		Facebook
6	Ricardo Salinas Pliego	12.9 billion	65		retail, media
7	Marcel Herrmann Telles	11.5 billion	71		beer
8	Jorge Moll Filho	11.3 billion	76		hospitals
9	Luis Carlos Sarmiento	11.0 billion	88		banking
10	Alberto Baillères	9.2 billion	89		mining
11	Juan Francisco Beckmann Vidal	9.0 billion	81		tequila
12	Carlos Alberto Sicupira	8.7 billion	72		beer
13	Safra family	7.1 billion	-		banking
14	Marcos Galperin	6.1 billion	-		e-commerce
15	Dulce Pugliese de Godoy Bueno	6.0 billion	73		hospitals, health care
16	María Asunción Aramburuzabala	5.8 billion	57		beer, investments
17	Alceu Elias Feldmann	5.4 billion	71		fertilizer
18	Luiza Trajano	5.3 billion	69		retail chain
19	Carlos Rodriguez-Pastor	5.3 billion	62		finance
20	David Vélez	5.2 billion	39		fintech

2019

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

See also

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Forbes Billionaires 2021: The Richest People in the World. 2021-04-07. Forbes. English.
2. Web site: Forbes Billionaires 2021: The Richest People in the World. 2021-04-07. Forbes. English.
3. Web site: Billionaires 2019. Forbes. en. 2019-07-08.