Julio Ponce Lerou

Julio Ponce Lerou is a Chilean billionaire who is the principal shareholder of Soquimich.[1] He is a former son-in-law of Augusto Pinochet.[1][2] Until 1982 he was president of Chilean state-owned forestry company Complejo Forestal y Maderero Panguipulli while he was simultaneously president of CELCO, a wood pulp company.[2]

Ponce is currently accused of a millionaire fraud and embezzlement that affects the pension funds of millions of Chilean citizens under what is known as the "Cascadas" case.[3][4][5]

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Meet Chemicals Billioaire Julio Ponce Lerou, former son-in-law of Chilean Dictor Augusto Pinochet". Forbes. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 INFORME COMISION PRIVATIZACIONES CAMARA DE DIPUTADOS 2004 Retrieved 29 September 2009.
  3. ↑ http://www.economiaynegocios.cl/noticias/noticias.asp?id=116783
  4. ↑ http://www.pulso.cl/noticia/empresa-mercado/empresa/2013/09/11-30058-9-las-seis-claves-que-explican-el-caso-cascada.shtml
  5. ↑ http://www.lanacion.cl/noticias/economia/empresas/experto-aterriza-el-enredado-caso-de-las-sociedades-cascadas/2013-10-09/144738.html