Billions of US dollars L Rk G Rk Name, Country Fortune Ch. Source of wealth Key company 1 2 Carlos Slim*, Mexico $72.00 -1.4 % Telecom Grupo Carso, America Movil 2 34 Jorge Paulo Lemann, Brazil $19.70 10.7 % Beer Anheuser-Busch InBev, Lojas Americanas 3 55 Joseph Safra, Brazil $16.00 0.6 % Banking Safra 4 58 Iris Fontbona*, Chile $15.50 -10.9 % Mining Antofagasta, Quinenco 5 67 German Larrea Mota Velasco*, Mexico $14.70 -12.0 % Mining Grupo Mexico 6 72 Luis Carlos Sarmiento, Colombia $14.20 2.2 % Banking Grupo Aval 7 90 Alberto Bailleres*, Mexico $12.40 -31.9 % Mining Grupo Bal 8 102 Alejandro Santo Domingo*, Colombia $11.10 -5.1 % Beer Grupo Santo Domingo, Valorem 9 119 Marcel Herrmann Telles, Brazil $10.20 12.1 % Beer Anheuser-Busch InBev, Lojas Americanas 10 137 João Roberto Marinho, Brazil $9.10 4.6 % Media Rede Globo 10 137 Roberto Irineu Marinho, Brazil $9.10 4.6 % Media Rede Globo 10 137 José Roberto Marinho, Brazil $9.10 5.8 % Media Rede Globo 13 146 Carlos Alberto Sicupira, Brazil $8.90 12.7 % Beer Anheuser-Busch InBev, Lojas Americanas 14 160 Ricardo Salinas*, Mexico $8.30 -16.2 % Retail, media Grupo Elektra, TV Azteca 15 212 Eva Gonda Rivera*, Mexico $6.40 -3.0 % Beverages Femsa 16 256 Carlos & Alejandro Bulgheroni, Argentina $5.50 0.0 % Oil & gas Pan American Energy 17 270 Maria Asuncion Aramburuzabala*, Mexico $5.20 4.0 % Beer Grupo Modelo 18 281 Antonio Del Valle Ruiz*, Mexico $5.00 New Diversified Mexichem, Grupo Financiero BX+, Grupo Pochteca, Bank Popular 19 319 Horst Paulman*, Chile $4.70 -51.5 % Retail Cencosud 20 354 Jeronimo Arango*, Mexico $4.20 5.0 % Retail Cifra 21 367 Francisco Ivens de Sa Dias Branco, Brazil $4.10 -6.8 % Food M. Dias Branco 21 367 Eduardo Saverin, Brazil $4.10 86.4 % Technology Facebook 23 375 Gustavo Cisneros*, Venezuela $4.00 -9.1 % Media Venevision 24 396 Walter Faria, Brazil $3.80 -17.4 % Beer Grupo Petropolis 25 446 Lorenzo Mendoza*, Venezuela $3.50 -12.5 % Beverages Empresas Polar 26 483 Aloysio de Andrade Faria, Brazil $3.30 -13.2 % Banking Conglomerado Alfa 27 520 Antonio Ermirio de Moraes*, Brazil $3.10 -75.6 % Diversified Grupo Votorantim 27 520 Ermirio Pereira de Moraes, Brazil $3.10 New Diversified Grupo Votorantim 27 520 Maria Helena Moraes Scripilliti, Brazil $3.10 New Diversified Grupo Votorantim 27 520 Andre Esteves, Brazil $3.10 -22.5 % Banking BTG Pactual 31 580 Fernando Roberto Moreira Salles, Brazil
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