Eduardo Eurnekian
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Argentina
airports, investments, Self Made
$1,500,000,000
1425
#1425 Billionaires 2019
Eurnekian, the son of Armenian immigrants to Argentina, first operated in the textile industry.He delved into the cable TV business in the 1980s. His portfolio now includes radio stations, newspapers and a TV channel.In the 1990s, he netted $750 million in the sale of Argentine TV firm Cablevision.Under his Corporacion America, Eurnekian and partners own more than 50 airports around the would, with reported revenues of more than $2 billion.In February 2018, Corporacian America Airports went public on the New York Stock Exchange; His nephen Martin Eurnekian is CEO.
In 2011, he sold 21 duty free shops in Argentina, Uruguay, Ecuador and Armenia to Switzerland's Dufry AG for $975 million.He's never married and has no children.
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