Jaime Gilinski Bacal

$11B

$22.3M (0.2%)

as of 12/05/25

About Jaime Gilinski Bacal

Jaime Gilinski Bacal built one of the largest banking empires in Latin America through a series of mergers and acquisitions.

The Colombian is redeveloping a former U.S. Air Force base alongside the Panama Canal with British billionaire brothers Ian and Richard Livingstone.

After getting an MBA at Harvard in 1980, Gilinski worked in Morgan Stanley's mergers and acquisitions division.

His primary residence is in Panama, but Gilinski also has houses in London, New York, Miami and Colombia.

In 2022, Gilinski purchased large stakes in Colombian food conglomerate Grupo Nutresa and financial services firm Grupo Sura.

Personal stats

Citizenship

Colombia

Source of wealth

Banking

Residence

Panama City, Panama

Marital status

Married

Birth date

12/14/57 (age 67)

Number of children

Education

Master of Business Administration, Harvard Business School

Self-made

inherited and growing