Luis Carlos Sarmiento
$6.92B
as of 07/05/24
About Luis Carlos Sarmiento
Luis Carlos Sarmiento Angulo took a fortune amassed in the construction industry and invested it in banks.
His Grupo Aval now controls one third of all banks in Colombia. The octogenarian still chairs the company.
After graduating with a degree in engineering, he briefly worked at a construction company, but took a 10,000 pesos payout and started his own firm.
He bought Colombia's largest newspaper El Tiempo in 2012 for an estimated $250 million.
His construction firm built the Grand Hyatt in Bogota, which opened in August 2018.
Personal stats
Citizenship
ColombiaSource of wealth
BankingResidence
Bogota, ColombiaMarital status
MarriedBirth date
01/27/33 (age 91)Number of children
5Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, National University of ColombiaSelf-made
self-madeLuis Carlos Sarmiento’s fortune is worth
115K
troy ounces of gold
106K
median U.S. household
69K
median U.S. income
0.138%
U.S. credit card volume
0.028%
GDP of the United States
0.02%
United States debt
Net worth history
Annual ranking
Did you know?
At age 14 he worked part time at Colombia's national radio network making programs for children.
Net worth over time
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Financial assets
COLOMBIA | VILLAS-CO
Banco Comercial AV Villas SACOLOMBIA | BOGOTA-CO
Banco de BogotaCOLOMBIA | OCCIDENTE-CO
Banco de Occidente S.A.COLOMBIA | POPULAR-CO
Banco PopularCOLOMBIA | CORFICOLCF-CO
Corporacion Financiera ColombianaCOLOMBIA | GRUPOAVAL-CO
Grupo Aval Acciones Y ValoresCOLOMBIA | PFAVAL-CO
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