| Eduardo Costantini | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 17, 1946 Buenos Aires |
| Residence | Palermo, Buenos Aires |
| Nationality | Argentine |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina |
| Occupation | CEO, Consultatio |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Spouse | Clarice Oliveira Tavares |
Eduardo Francisco Costantini (born September 17, 1946) is an Argentine real estate developer, businessman, philanthropist and head of the venture capital firm Consultatio, based in Buenos Aires.
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Costantini was born in Buenos Aires to María Carolina Malbrán and Vicente Costantini.[1] He enrolled in the Argentine Catholic University, and graduated with a degree in Economics in 1971. He earned a Master's degree in the same discipline at the University of East Anglia, in 1975, established a brokerage house, Consultatio Bursátil, in 1980, and completed a Capital Markets Course at the London School of Economics in 1981.[2] Costantini married María Teresa Correa, and they had five children;[1] Teresa Costantini would become a well-known film maker in Argentina.[3]
He re-established Consultatio as an asset management firm in 1991, and served as Vice President of BBVA Banco Francés between 1991 and 1993.[2] He then ventured into the local real estate market; some of his best known real estate projects in Argentina include the development of the Nordelta district,[4] (Consultatio was a 50 percent investor in the project) and the construction of twin luxury office towers in the Catalinas Norte office park. Costantini announced an agreement in October 2000 between Consultatio, EFiltro, and IBM to develop joint projects; EFiltro is an Argentine venture capital firm active in the internet market in Latin America and the United States. As part of the agreement, Consultatio would help realize contracts with investors for projects that EFiltro has evaluated as interesting for development, and IBM would provide the necessary infrastructure.[5]
Costantini and his wife were divorced, and he married Gloria Fiorito, with whom he had two children.[3] He amassed one of the largest, most valuable and most diverse collections of modern and contemporary Latin American art in the world. Establishing a foundation to the effect in 1997, he assembled the vast majority of these works are housed in his personal museum, the Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (MALBA);[2] inaugurated in 2001, MALBA is one of the most significant arts institutions in the Argentine capital.[6] Costantini attended an event that occurred in Mexico City on May 23, 2003, hosted by Carlos Slim Helú for 30 of Latin America's most important businessmen in a gathering officially referred to as "Latin American Businessmen: An Encounter Between Fathers And Sons."[7]
An avid kite surfer, he suffered a serious accident while enjoying the sport at Nordelta during a storm on November 12, 2003.[8] He recovered, and continued to manage Consultatio, issuing the company's IPO on the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange in May 2008.[9]
Costantini is a member of the Chairman's Council of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, of the Advisory Committee of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, at Harvard, and a founding member of the Synergos Global Philanthropist Circle, in New York.[2]