About Carlos Ardila Lülle
Carlos Ardila Lülle built a fortune selling soda and got even richer by investing in bottling companies, radio and TV stations, and sugar refineries.
He started his career working for his father-in-law's soda company, where he created an apple-flavored drink that quickly became a top seller.
In 1973 he bought his first radio station and built Radio Canal Nacional by acquiring smaller stations.
When the Colombian government privatized television in 1998, he started RCN TV, now worth significantly more than his radio properties.
In 2012 he partnered with Rupert Murdoch to create MundoFox, a Spanish-language channel targeted at U.S. Hispanics; it shut down in 2016.
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Citizenship
ColombiaSource of wealth
soft drinks, diversifiedBirth date
06/04/30Education
Bachelor of Engineering, Universidad Nacional de ColombiaSelf-made
self-madeCarlos Ardila Lülle’s fortune is worth
37K
troy ounces of gold
35K
median U.S. household
22K
median U.S. income
0.045%
U.S. credit card volume
0.009%
GDP of the United States
0.007%
United States debt
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Did you know?
He owns Colombian soccer team Atletico Nacional, which has won more championship titles in the Colombian soccer league (16) than any other team.
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