Each year, Forbes ranks global billionaires by wealth, breaking it down by the richest women, the richest in tech, and even those who’ve dropped off from billionaire status to become mere millionaires. They don’t sort list by ethnicity, but don’t fret, the Latin Times staff combed through the list to give you our own catalog of Latino billionaires.
Top 5
#2 / Carlos Slim / Mexico / $75.2 Billion: Top 5 billionaire since at least 2007, Carlos Slim has risen and fallen on the list with his close rivals Bill Gates and Warren Buffet. Slim has been first on the world wealth list more than once, most recently in September of 2014. A graduate of Mexico’s UNAM, he made his fortune in telecommunications. In Mexico, his phone company Telmex enjoyed a near monopoly on services. Forbes reports that his recent surge in wealth is thanks to a $5.6 billion investment in America Movil, a Latin wireless provider.
#4 / Amancio Ortega / Spain / $64.5 Billion: Amancio Ortega didn’t just survive the global financial crisis, he thrived in it, adding $45 billion to his net worth between 2009 to 2014. That’s because Ortega’s main industry -- luxury -- recovered very quickly from the economic collapse. Ortega started his empire with clothing; he’s the mind behind the Zara luxury retail brand, but he’s expanded to related ventures, like real estate in global cities.
Slim and Ortega weren’t the only Latinos to make the billionaire list. In fact, dozens upon dozens of Latinos across the globe have amassed multi-billion dollars fortunes.
Top 100
Jorge Paulo Lemon #26
German Larrea Mota-Velasco #77
Luis Carlos Sarmiento #85
Top 1,000
Carlos Alberto Sicupira #110
Alberto Bailleres #121
Joao Roberto Marinho #165
Jose Roberto Marinho #165
Roberto Irineu Marinho #165
Ricardo Salinas Pliego #168
Eva Gonda de Rivera #201
Sandra Ortega Mera #225
Juan Miguel Villar Mir #259
María Asunción Aramburuzabala #265
Juan Roig #277
Carlos and Alejandro Bulgheroni #283
Eduardo Saverin #330
Abilio Dos Santos Diniz #369
Alejandro Santo Domingo #369
Andres Santo Domingo #396
Jeronimo Arango #381
J Christopher Reyes and Jude Reyes #418
Antonio del Valle Ruiz #462
Francisco Ivens de Sá Dias Branco #462
Gustavo Cisneros #481
Juan Carlos Escotet #534
Emilio Azcarraga #577
Jorge Perez #577
Andre Esteves #628
Hortensia Herrero #663
Patricia Matte #663
Lorenzo Mendoza #690
Jose Luis Cutrale #737
Ermirio Pereira de Moraes #737
Maria Helena Moraes Scripilliti #737
Sebastian Piñera #737
Carlos Hank Rhon #782
Maria Luisa Solari Falabella #782
John Arrillaga #810
Rafael del Pino y Calvo-Sotelo #847
Manuel Lao Hernandez #847
Helena Revered #847
Julio Mario Santo Domingo III #847
Jose and Francisco Jose Calderon Rojas #894
Fernando Roberto Moreira Salles #894
Joao Moreira Salles #894
Walther Moreira Salles Junior #894
Pedro Moreira Salles #894
Julio Ponce #894
Carlos Rodriguez-Pastor #894
Carlos Ardilla Lulle #949
Rosana Camargo de Arruda Botelho #949
Manuel Jove #949
Renata de Camargo Nascimento #949
Florentino Perez #949
Regina de Camargo Pires Oliveira Dias #949
Top 2,000
Juan Abello #1006
Eduardo Eurnekian #1006
Roberto Hernandez Ramirez #1054
Jorge Moll Filho #1054
Jaime Botín #1118
Dulce Pugliese de Godoy Bueno #1118
Ana Lucia de Mattos Barreto Villela #1118
Alfredo Egydio Arruda Villela Filho #1118
Julio Bozano #1190
Gabriel Escarrer #1190
Ana Maria Brescia Cafferata #1226
Rosa Brescia Cafferata #1226
Gregorio Pérez Companc #1226
Lina Maria Aguiar #1250
Sergio Lins Andrade #1250
Maria del Pino y Calvo-Sotelo #1250
Arturo Moreno #1250
Alberto Cortina #1324
Ana Maria Marcondes Penido Sant’Anna #1324
Rubens Ometto Silveira Mello #1324
Nevaldo Rocha #1324
Antonio Luiz Seabra #1324
Maria Ines de Lafuente Lacroze #1415
Jose Isaac Peres #1415
Rufino Vigil González #1500
Lia Maria Aguiar #1533
Joao Alves de Queiroz Filho #1533
Jose Llado Fernandez Urrutia #1533
Vito Rodriguez Rodriguez #1533
Fernando Roig #1533
Luis Enrique Yarur Rey #1533
Blairo Maggi #1605
Lucia Maggi #1605
Alberto Roemmers #1638
Jorge Rodriguez Rodriguez #1712
Maria de Lourdes Egydio Villela #1741
Mario Lopez Estrada #1741
Hugo Ribeiro #1741
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