Top 10 richest people in South America

10. Alberto Bailleresa

Chairman of Grupo BAL and ITAM.

fot. Presidencia de la República Mexicana / wikipedia.org (CC 2.0)

• assets in 2021: $9,200,000,000
• country: Mexico

9. Luis Carlos Sarmiento

Major shareholder and president of the banking conglomerate Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores, SA.

fot. Yonatan Lds / wikipedia.org (CC BY-SA 3.0)

• assets in 2021: $11,000,000,000
• country: Columbia

8. Jorge Molla Filho

Chairman of the board of REDE D’OR SÃO LUIZ, one of the largest hospital networks worldwide.

fot. www.forbes.com

• assets in 2021: $11,300,000,000
• country: Brazil

7. Marcel Herrmann Telles

Brazilian investor and businessman. Board member of AB InBev.

fot. Fundação Estudar / wikipedia.org (CC BY-SA 4.0)

• assets in 2021: $11,500,000,000
• country: Brazil

6. Ricardo Salinas Pliego

Mexican billionaire, businessman, founder and president of Grupo Salinas.

fot. JGTorresH / wikipedia.org (CC BY-SA 4.0)

• assets in 2021: $12,900,000,000
• country: Mexico

5. Eduardo Saverin

Brazilian billionaire, entrepreneur and business angel. He is one of the co-founders of Facebook.

fot. Gravesv38 / wikipedia.org (CC BY-SA 3.0)

• assets in 2021: $14,600,000,000
• country: Brazil

4. Jorge Paulo Lemann

Brazilian billionaire, investment banker and businessman.

fot. Fundação Estudar / wikipedia.org (CC BY-SA 3.0)

• assets in 2021: $16,900,000,000
• country: Brazil

3. Iris Fontbona

Chilean entrepreneur from the mining and real estate sector.

fot. Danor Shtruzman / wikipedia.org (CC BY-SA 4.0)

• assets in 2021: $23,300,000,000
• country: Chile

2. Germán Larrea Mota-Velasco

President of Grupo México, the largest Mexican mining corporation and the third largest copper producer in the world.

fot. Danor Shtruzman / wikipedia.org (CC BY-SA 4.0)

• assets in 2021: $25,900,000,000
• country: Mexico

1. Carlos Slim Helu

Mexican entrepreneur, telecommunications magnate, owner of Telmex.

fot. Barrett90035 / wikipedia.org (CC BY-SA 3.0)

• assets in 2021: $62,800,000,000
• country: Mexico