Julio Mario Santo Domingo
Julio Mario Santo Domingo Pumarejo | |
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1st | |
In office February 27, 1981 – March 18, 1983 | |
President | Julio César Turbay Ayala |
Preceded by | Office created |
Succeeded by | |
Personal details | |
Born | Panama City, Panamá, Panama | October 16, 1923
Died | October 7, 2011 New York City, United States | (aged 87)
Nationality | Colombian |
Children | Julio Mario Santo Domingo Braga Alejandro Santo Domingo Dávila Andrés Santo Domingo Dávila |
Relatives | Tatiana Santo Domingo Rechulski (granddaughter) |
Alma mater | University of Virginia (, ) |
Net worth | ![]() |
Julio Mario Santo Domingo Pumarejo (October 16, 1923 – October 7, 2011)[2] was a Colombian-American businessman, diplomat and patriarch of the Santo Domingo family who lived in New York City. He controlled more than 100 companies in the diversified portfolio of the "Santo Domingo Group." He was listed by Forbes magazine as one of the wealthiest men in the world, and the second-wealthiest in Colombia, with a fortune of $8 billion U.S. dollars.[3] He was the founder of a philanthropic foundation, named to honor his father, that benefits Colombia's social development.
Early life[]
Julio Mario Santo Domingo was born on October 16, 1923 in Panama City, Panama, to Julio Mario Santo Domingo Santo Domingo and Beatriz Pumarejo de Vengoechea, the youngest of their four children; his older siblings were Beatriz Alicia, Cecilia, and Luis Felipe. His father was a banker, described as austere and disciplined, who made a fortune buying companies weakened during the Great Depression; his mother, from a rich and influential family, was first cousin of Alfonso López Pumarejo who was twice President of Colombia. He grew up in Barranquilla and later attended the exclusive Gimnasio Moderno in Bogotá, D.C., ultimately culminating his secondary studies at the Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts; he later attended University of Virginia before transferring to Georgetown University, but did not finish his degree.[4]
Ambassadorship[]
On May 26, 1980, President Julio César Turbay Ayala appointed Santo Domingo to be the first . He presented his Letters of Credence to Ulanhu, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, in Beijing on February 17, 1981.[5]
Santo Domingo Group[]
The Group has a majority stake in Bavaria Brewery and Valores Bavaria (a holding company for his non-beer interests). In 2005, Bavaria Brewery merged with South African company SABMiller. In this merging, the group acquired 15.1% of SAB Miller, becoming the second-largest shareholder of the second-largest beer company in the world (behind Anheuser-Busch InBev).[6][7]
Portfolio[]
- Caracol TV (Colombian television channel)
- Caracol TV International
- Caracol Radio (sold to PRISA in 2001)
- Cromos (magazine)
- El Espectador (newspaper)
- SABMiller (14% stake)
- Avianca (sold in 2004 to Germán Efromovich)[4]
- Bluradio (radio station)
Personal life[]
He first married to Edyala Braga Brandão do Monte, a Brazilian socialite, daughter of Brazilian ambassador in Paris and former wife of Brazilian President Getúlio Vargas' brother. Together they had one son, Julio Mario Santo Domingo Braga (1958–2009),[8] but the marriage did not last long and they divorced shortly after. Julio Mario Jr. married Vera Rechulski, a Brazilian socialite and they had 2 children – Tatiana Santo Domingo (born November 24, 1983) and Julio Mario Santo Domingo III (born May 2, 1985).
He remarried on February 15, 1975 to Colombian socialite Beatrice Dávila Rocha, and together they had two sons, Alejandro Santo Domingo Dávila (b. 1977) who has continued on in the family business and Andrés Santo Domingo Dávila (b. 1978) the co-founder and president of Kemado Records, who in 2008 married socialite Lauren Davis (then founder of the online fashion retailer Moda Operandi).
Santo Domingo owned homes in New York City, in Paris, and Barú, a Colombian island near Cartagena.
References[]
- ^ "Julio Mario Santo Domingo". Forbes; The World's Billionaires. March 2011. Retrieved October 24, 2011.
- ^ D. A. Crowe (September 4, 2005). "Una jugada de póquer". El País.
- ^ "Billionaires: Julio Mario Santo Domingo". Forbes. March 5, 2008.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Forbes Billionaires, 2006
- ^ BBC Asian Network (February 27, 1981). "Summary of world broadcasts: Far East, Part 3". Caversham Park: BBC Monitoring. Xinhua News Agency. OCLC 10807079. Retrieved October 24, 2011.
- ^ Timmons, Heather (July 19, 2005). "SABMiller and Bavaria announce a major transaction in Latin America". International Herald Tribune.
- ^ "SABMiller buys brewer to grow in Latin America". SAB Miller. July 19, 2005.
- ^ "Colombian Businessman Julio Mario Santo Domingo Braga Dies". Latin American Herald Tribune. March 29, 2009.
Further reading[]
- Reyes, Gerardo (2003). Don Julio Mario: biografía no autorizada del hombre más poderoso de Colombia [Don Julio Mario: non authorized biography of the most powerful man of Colombia] (Biography). Crónica actual (in Spanish). Barcelona: Ediciones B. ISBN 978-958-96022-8-7. OCLC 150360666.
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