The founder and CEO of Mercado Libre, Marcos Galperinis the Argentine businessman best positioned in the recognized list made by the Forbes magazine about the richest in the world. With a fortune of more than 6.3 billion dollarsis located in the position 462 of the ranking headed by the Frenchman Bernard Arnault, the American Jeff Bezos and the South African Elon Musk.
The second best positioned businessman in Argentina is Paolo Rocca, the CEO of Techint, although Forbes places him among Italian businessmen. Rocca is ranked 526 on the list, with a fortune estimated at $5.7 billion.
Further back is located Alejandro Bulgheroni, the president of Pan American Energy Group (PAEG), the largest private integrated oil company in the country, ranked 649 and with a fortune of $4.9 billion. It follows Gregorio Pérez Companc and family, already in rank 782 and with 4.1 billion dollars.
The other Argentines in the ranking are the businessman Eduardo Eurnekian in position 1,005 and with a fortune of 3.3 billion dollars, and Eduardo Costantini much further back, in the 2,060th and 1,500 million dollar range.
Several Argentine businessmen appear in the famous Forbes ranking.
The ranking is now led by Frenchman Bernard Arnault, who heads the conglomerate that runs Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior and dozens of luxury goods brands, with a fortune estimated at more than $222.4 billion.
The French businessman and his family surpassed the American Jeff Bezos, owner of Amazon, who has $198.7 billion in the ranks.
Elon Musk, CEO of X and Tesla, closes the podium with 190.2 billion dollars.