Horst Paulmann & family

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About Horst Paulmann & family

German-Chilean mogul Horst Paulmann is the founder of Cencosud, one of the largest retail conglomerates in Latin America.

The publicly-traded company has 120,000 employees and operations in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru and Colombia; Paulmann and his family own a 55% stake.

As a teenager, Paulmann moved from his native Germany to Chile after World War II and opened his first supermarket in 1976.

Cencosud has nearly 1,500 supermarkets and dozens of shopping centers, including Costanera Center in Chile, South America's largest mall.

Personal stats

Citizenship

Chile

Source of wealth

Retail

Residence

Santiago, Chile

Marital status

Married

Birth date

01/01/35 (age 90)

Number of children

3

Self-made

self-made

Horst Paulmann & family’s fortune is worth

82K

troy ounces of gold

75K

median U.S. household

49K

median U.S. income

0.098%

U.S. credit card volume

0.02%

GDP of the United States

0.014%

United States debt

Net worth history

Annual ranking

Did you know?

In January 2016 Chilean regulators accused Cencosud of price-fixing fresh chicken between 2008 and 2011. The company denied the allegations.

Net worth over time

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Financial assets

SANTIAGO | CENCOSUD-CL

Cencosud S.A.

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