Matte family
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The Matte family is a rich, powerful and influential Chilean family of Catalan origin. According to Forbes Magazine, their wealth amounts to US$2,700 million (2007).
[edit] Family origins
The Matte family's rise to power began in the XIX century when Francisco Javier Matte and his wife opened a textile store in downtown Santiago. In 1855 their son Domingo (who fathered 16 children) opened a bank in Valparaíso with two of his sons, Augusto and Eduardo.
[edit] Prominent members
- Claudio Matte: created the Matte syllabary and was rector of the University of Chile
- Augusto Matte: Lawyer, diplomat, deputy and senator; also Finance Minister and Justice Minister
- Luis Matte Larraín
- Eugenio Matte Hurtado
- Arturo Matte Alessandri
- Luis Matte Valdés: minister under Salvador Allende
- Eliodoro Matte Ossa: owner of the Compañía Manufacturera de Papeles y Cartones paper mill (La Papelera) who famously protested president Allende's attempt to nationalize it
- Patricia Matte Larraín: president of the Primary Instruction Society, owner of several schools for poor children in Santiago
- Eliodoro Matte Larraín: president of conservative and influential think-tank Public Studies Center (Centro de Estudio Públicos, CEP)
- Bernardo Matte Larraín
