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Antonio Andrónico Luksic Abaroa (5 November 1926 – 18 August 2005) was a Chilean businessman. He founded the Luksic Group, becoming the richest person in Chile, the fourth in Latin America, and the 132nd in the world, with a net worth in 2005 of US$4.2 billion according to Forbes magazine.[4] The Luksic Group has interests in the mining, financial, industrial, and beverages sectors. Major holdings include, or have included, Banco de Chile, Compañia de Cervecerias Unidas (CCU), and Antofagasta Plc, a UK-listed copper mining company. In Croatia, he was involved in the tourist industry.[clarification needed]
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Andrónico Luksic Abaroa | |
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| Born | 5 November 1926 |
| Died | 18 August 2005 (aged 78) |
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| Children | Andrónico Luksic Craig Guillermo Luksic Craig Paola Luksic Fontbona Gabriela Luksic Fontbona Jean-Paul Luksic Fontbona[2][3] |
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| Relatives | Eduardo Abaroa (great-grandfather) |
In September 2002, the Chilean newspaper El Mercurio published an interview with Andrónico Luksic titled "Don Andrónico cuenta su historia" (Don Andrónico shares his story), in which he explains how, after a life of hard work, he had decided to retire and "dedicate himself to what he liked the most: his family, his beloved Croatia and social assistance".[5]
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Luksic was born in Antofagasta, to a Bolivian mother, Elena Abaroa Córdova (grandchild of Bolivian War of the Pacific hero Eduardo Abaroa), and a Croatian immigrant father, Polikarp Lukšić Ljubetić, who had arrived in Chile from the Adriatic island of Brač in 1910 and had made a living in the nitrate industry.[citation needed]
Luksic married Ena del Carmen Craig Monett in 1953 and they had two sons: Andrónico (born 16 April 1954[6]) and Guillermo (14 January 1956 – 2013)[6] Luksic was widowed when Ena died in 1959. He married Iris Fontbona González in 1961, when she was 18 years old.[1] They had two daughters: Paola (born 1961/1962) and Gabriela (born 1962/1963), and one son: Jean-Paul Luksic Fontbona (born 31 May 1964).[6][2][3]
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Antonio Andrónico Luksic Abaroa died of cancer on 18 August 2005, aged 78, in Santiago de Chile.[2][3] As of 2011, his widow Iris Fontbona and their family had a net worth of US$19.2 billion.[7] As of October 2012 the Bloomberg Billionaires Index lists Iris Fontbona, who lives in Santiago[8] as the 33rd richest person in the world with an estimated net worth of $19.7 billion.[9] The Forbes 2016 lists Iris Fontbona Chile's richest person with a $13.8 billion mining assets fortune (or a $15.5 billion total fortune she shares with the rest of her immediate family), making her the fourth-richest in the region. Her net worth is equivalent to 6% of Chile's GDP.[10] As of November 2022 Forbes Billionaire List, the Luksic family had a net worth of $22.8 billion and are considered the #83 richest family in the world.[11]
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