Latin America's most important businessmen

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The following is a partial list of Latin America's Most Important Businessmen. The list initially was put together according to an event that occurred in Mexico City on May 23, 2003 for 30 of Latin America's biggest businessmen hosted by Carlos Slim Helú, Latin America's richest man. The purpose of the gathering, officially dubbed "Latin American Businessmen: An Encounter Between Fathers And Sons," was for these business leaders to get to know each other.^[1] Additional business leaders or individuals with a high net worth in Latin America who did not attend the event are also included on the following list, with a mark next to their name.

Country	Name	Company	Company Description
Argentina	Carlos Miguens Bemberg	Grupo Bemberg	Beer
Argentina	Alberto Roemmers	Roemmers	Pharmaceuticals
Argentina	Federico Braun	Grupo Import y Export De la Patagonia	NA
Argentina	Eduardo Constantini	Consultatio	NA
Argentina	Ricardo Esteves	Pampas Huetal	NA
Argentina	Gregorio Pérez Companc^	PC Holdings	Energy, diversified
Brazil	João Roberto Marinho	Globo	Media
Brazil	Marcelo Odebrecht	Grupo Odebrecht	Construction, petrochemicals
Brazil	Luiz Frías	Grupo Folha	Media
Brazil	Eugenio Staub	Gradiente	Electronic consumer goods
Brazil	Pedro Moreira Salles	Unibanco	Banking
Brazil	Joseph Safra	Banco Safra	Banking investments
Brazil	Julio Bozano^	Banco Bozano	Banking
Brazil	Antônio Ermírio de Moraes^	Grupo Votorantim	Electricity, diversified
Brazil	Jorge Paulo Lemann^	Grupo Garantia-AmBev	Banking, beer
Brazil	Aloysio de Andrade Faria^	Banco Real	Banking
Chile	José Said	Parque Arauco S.A.-Embotelladora	NA
Chile	Álvaro Saieh	Corpbanca	Banking
Chile	Andrónico Luksic	Grupo Luksic	Banking, diversified
Colombia	Julio Mario Santo Domingo	Grupo Santo Domingo-Bavaria	Diversified
Colombia	Carlos Ardila Gaviria	Grupo Ardila	Soft drinks, diversified
Colombia	Luis Carlos Sarmiento	Grupo Aval-Banco de Bogotá	Banking
Colombia	Jimmy Mayer	Grupo Mayer	NA
Dominican Republic	Guillermo León^	Empresa León Jimenes CXA	Cigars, beer
El Salvador	Ricardo Poma	Grupo Poma	Construction, Automotive, Real Estate
Ecuador	Alvaro Noboa	Grupo Noboa	Bananas, diversified
Mexico	Lorenzo Servitje	Grupo Bimbo	Food/baked goods
Mexico	Lorenzo Zambrano	Cemex	Cement
Mexico	Antonio Fernández	Grupo Cervecerías Modelo	Beer
Mexico	Emilio Azcárraga Jean	Grupo Televisa	Media
Mexico	Bernardo Quintana	Empresas ICA	Construction
Mexico	José Antonio Fernández	Femsa	Beer, beverages
Mexico	Alberto Baillères	Peñoles-Grupo Bal	Mining
Mexico	Antonio Cossio	Grupo Industrial Tepeji Del Rio	Diversified, textiles
Mexico	María Asunción Aramburuzabala	Grupo Modelo	Beer
Mexico	Carlos Slim Helú	Telmex	Telecommunications, diversified
Mexico	Jerónimo Arango^	Walmex (retired)	Retail
Mexico	Ricardo Salinas Pliego^	TV Azteca-Grupo Salinas	Media
Mexico	Roberto Hernández Ramírez^	Banamex	NA
Mexico	Alfredo Harp Helú^	Avantel-Banamex	NA
Mexico	Isaac Saba Raffoul^	Diversified	NA
Venezuela	Gustavo Cisneros	Grupo Cisneros	Media, diversified
Venezuela	Gustavo Julio Vollmer	Grupo Palmar-Banco Mercantil	Banking, diversified
Venezuela	Juan Luis Bosch	Grupo Multinversiones	NA
Venezuela	Lorenzo Mendoza	Empresas Polar	NA

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