Sergio Fogel and Andrés Bzurovski, founders of Uruguayan unicorn dLocal, They were once again among the richest in Latin America, sharing the 2,545th position in the Forbes Ranking, with a net worth of more than $1.1 billion, returning to the list after his absence in 2023.
The news boosted the price of the company’s shares. fintech in it Nasdaq, with an increase of 3.02% that brought its value to $15.70, after what was the significant fall on March 19, after presenting its results for the fourth quarter of 2023.
In 2024, the billionaires list reaches the largest number of members of the 38 editions, with a total of 2,781 people and an increase of 141 billionaires compared to 2023.
Despite the entry on the list, the founders of the unicorn of Uruguay They remain far from the largest fortune in the region, headed by the founder of Telecom, Carlos Slim (Mexico), with 102,000 million dollars.
Completing the podium appear Eduardo Saverin (Brazil), co-founder of Facebook, with 28 billion dollars; and the executive director of Grupo México, the largest mining company in that country, Germán Larrea Mota Velasco, with 27.9 billion dollars.
Further back appears the owner of the Luksic Group, Iris Fontbona (Chile), with 25.7 billion; Vicky Safra and children (Brazil), with 20.6 billion; Jorge Paulo Lemman (Brazil), the investor and majority shareholder of the Belgian multinational Anheuser-Busch InBev, with 16.4 billion.
Marcos Galperin, the most outstanding among Argentines
As for Argentine businessmen, the first on the list is Marcos Galperin, founder of Free market, with 6.3 billion dollars; followed by Paolo Rocca (Techint), with assets of 5.6 billion.
They are followed by the owner of Pan American Energy, Alejandro Bulgheroni, with 4.9 billion dollars; Gregorio Pérez Companc (founder of the group of the same name), with 3.9 billion; Eduardo Eurnekian, owner of the Corporación América group), with 3,000 million dollars; and Eduardo Costantini, owner of Consultatio and the Malba Museum, with 1.4 billion.
The Top 10 billionaires worldwide
He Forbes Ranking was headed for the second consecutive year by Bernard Arnault, the businessman who controls the LVMH empire, which brings together 75 brands in the fashion and cosmetics industry, including exclusive brands such as Louis Vuitton and Sephora, with a fortune of 233 billion dollars.
In second position was the creator of Tesla, owner of X and provider of the Starlink service, Elon Musk, whose assets are estimated at 195,000 million, above Jeff Bezos (Amazon), with a fortune estimated at 194,000 million.
Further back they appeared Mark Zuckerberg (Meta), with about 177,000 million; Larry Ellison (Oracle), with 141,000 million; Warren Buffett (Berkshire Hathaway), with 133,000 million; Bill Gates (Microsoft), with 128,000 million; Steve Ballmer (former executive director of Microsoft), with 121,000 million; the investor Mukesh Ambani, with 116,000 million; and Larry Page (co-founder of Google), with 114,000 million.
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