Antonio Andrónico Luksic Abaroa (November 5, 1926 – August 18, 2005) was a Chilean businessman of Croatian origin and founder of the Luksic Group. He was the richest person in Chile, the fourth in Latin America, and the 132nd in the world, having amassed a fortune of 4.2 billion U.S. dollars, according to Forbes magazine.
Luksic was born in Antofagasta, to a Bolivian mother, Elena Abaroa (great-grandchild of Bolivian War of the Pacific hero Eduardo Abaroa), and a Croatian immigrant father, Policarpo, who had arrived in Chile from the Adriatic island of Brac in 1910 and had made a living in the nitrate industry.
Luksic's sons, also businessmen, are Andrónico, Guillermo and Jean Paul Luksic Craig.
The Luksic Group has interests in the mining, financial, industrial and the beverages sectors. Major holdings include, or have included, Banco de Chile, Compañia de Cervecerias Unidas (CCU), and Antofagasta plc, a UK-listed copper mining company.
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