Iris fontbona biography
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Iris Balbina Fontbona González, born in /, is a Chilean mining magnate, media proprietor, and billionaire businesswoman.
She became the widow of Andrónico Luksic Abaroa, a successful entrepreneur in mining and beverages, who passed away in from cancer.
Fontbona and Andrónico Luksic had three sons: Jean-Paul, Andrónico, and Guillermo Luksic, the latter sadly succumbing to lung cancer in at age
Upon Andrónico Luksic's death, Fontbona inherited his businesses, and together with their three sons, they control Antofagasta Plc, a Santiago-based mining company with copper mines in Chile, listed on the London Stock Exchange.
Jean-Paul Luksic serves as the chairman of Antofagasta, while Andrónico Luksic heads Quiñenco, a publicly-traded Chilean conglomerate involved in banking, beer, and manufacturing.
Through Quiñenco, Fontbona and her family manage Banco de Chile, Madeco, CCU (Chile's largest brewer), and CSAV, the world's 16th largest shipping company.
Following Andr
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The hermetic life of Iris Fontbona, the richest woman in Latin America
Almost a month after the death of Andrónico Luksic Abaroa () — the man who created the biggest business empire in Chile — several politicians paid tribute to his memory in the National Congress. After a series of laudatory speeches offered by parliamentarians, Andrónico Luksic Craig took the floor. The eldest son — who, at the time, was vice-president of the Bank of Chile — hadn’t made it in time to his father’s funeral, since he was in Indonesia at the time of his death. It had taken him 39 hours to flyga eller fly undan back to Santiago, the Chilean capital.
In the first public farewell to the patriarch of the business clan, he stated: “Without a doubt, from now on, my mother takes the reins… her children will support her. I’m sure that [God] will give us a mother for many more years.” Luksic Craig was referring to Iris Fontbona, the richest woman in Latin America, with family assets calculated at $ billion, after a growth
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Iris Fontbona
Chilean businesswoman
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Fontbona and the second or maternal family name is González.
Iris Balbina Fontbona González (born /) is a Chilean mining magnate, media proprietor, billionaire businesswoman, and the widow of Andrónico Luksic Abaroa, from whom she inherited Antofagasta PLC.
As of February , Forbes estimated her net worth at US$ billion.[1] She is the wealthiest person in Chile, the third wealthiest in Latin America, and the ninth wealthiest woman worldwide in according to Forbes.[2]
Fortune
[edit]Fontbona acquired her wealth following the death of her husband, Andrónico Luksic Abaroa, in from cancer.[3][4][5][6]
The bulk of her husband's business went to their three sons, Guillermo, Jean Paul and Andrónico. Jean Paul manages Antofagasta, Luksic Group's copper mining group and one of the largest mining companies in the wor