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Gustavo Cisneros
Venezuelan media mogul (1945–2023) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Jiménez de Cisneros and the second or maternal family name is Rendiles.
Gustavo Alfredo Jiménez de Cisneros y Rendiles (1 June 1945 – 29 December 2023) was a Venezuelan businessman and Chairman of Grupo Cisneros.[5][6]
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Born | Gustavo Alfredo Cisneros Rendiles (1945-06-01)1 June 1945 |
Died | 29 December 2023(2023-12-29) (aged 78) |
Citizenship | Venezuela Dominican Republic [1][2][3] Spain[4] U.S.[citation needed] |
Alma mater | Babson College |
Occupation | Media mogul |
Spouse | Patricia Phelps |
Children | 3, including Adriana Cisneros |
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A onetime billionaire, according to Forbes his net worth peaked at 6.0 billion dollars in 2007 (equivalent to $8.5 billion in 2023 prices when adjusted for inflation);[7] he dropped off the billionaires' list in 2020 as a consequence of his Venezuelan assets losing value due to the long economic crisis in Venezuela.