Sebastian Piñera
Santiago, Chile
Doctorate, Harvard University
Chile
Chile
investments, Self Made
$2,800,000,000
804
#804 Billionaires 2019
#49 Powerful People 2012
Sebastian Pinera was elected president of Chile in December 2017. His four-year term began in March 2018. Pinera previously served as Chile's president from 2010 until 2014. He made a fortune from credit card company Bancard, which he founded in 1976. He divested many assets over the years. After the 2010 election he unloaded his 26% stake in Chilean airline LAN for $1.5 billion.He also sold TV channel Chilevision to Time Warner for a reported $150 million, and sold his share of popular soccer team Blanco & Negro.
After his first presidential term, Piñera spent time on charitable work, including his Fundación Futuro, which supports education, culture and conservation in Chile.Piñera holds a PhD in economics from Harvard.
69
4
Add a review