Andrónico Lukšić

Chilean businessman of Croatian and Bolivian origin

Antonio Andrónico Luksic Abaroa (5 November 1926 – 18 August 2005) was a Chilean businessman. He founded the Luksic Group, becoming the richest person in Chile, the fourth in Latin America, and the 132nd in the world, with a net worth in 2005 of US$4.2 billion according to Forbes magazine.²

From Wikipedia’s article on Andrónico Lukšić (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Nov 5, 1926, died Aug 18, 2005.¹

About

The Luksic Group has interests in the mining, financial, industrial, and beverages sectors. Major holdings include, or have included, Banco de Chile, Compañía de las Cervecerías Unidas (CCU), and Antofagasta plc, a UK-listed copper mining company. In Croatia, the group was involved in the tourist industry.

In September 2002, the Chilean newspaper El Mercurio published an interview with Andrónico Luksic titled "Don Andrónico cuenta su historia" (Don Andrónico shares his story), in which he explains how, after a life of hard work, he had decided to retire and "dedicate himself to what he liked the most: his family, his beloved Croatia and social assistance".

From Wikipedia’s article on Andrónico Lukšić, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.²

Companies

Antofagasta plcFounder¹⁰

Early life and education

Date not recordedUniversity of Chile³
Date not recordedColegio Hispano Americano³
Date not recordedSaint George's College³

Career

Occupation: lawyer, entrepreneur.⁵

Date not recordedFounded Antofagasta plc⁴

Personal life

BornNov 5, 1926, Antofagasta⁶
DiedAug 18, 2005, Vitacura⁷
CitizenshipChile⁸
SpousesEna Craig 1953 to 1959⁹; Iris Fontbona 1961 to 2005⁹

Luksic was born in Antofagasta, to a Bolivian mother, Elena Abaroa Córdova (grandchild of Bolivian War of the Pacific hero Eduardo Abaroa), and a Croatian immigrant father, Polikarp Lukšić Ljubetić, who had arrived in Chile from the Adriatic island of Brač in 1910 and had made a living in the nitrate industry.

Luksic married Ena del Carmen Craig Monett in 1953 and they had two sons: Andrónico (born 16 April 1954) and Guillermo (14 January 1956 – 2013) Luksic was widowed when Ena died in 1959. He married Iris Fontbona González in 1961, when she was 18 years old. They had two daughters: Paola (born 1961/1962) and Gabriela (born 1962/1963), and one son: Jean-Paul Luksic Fontbona (born 31 May 1964).