Frank Rainieri

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rainieri and the second or maternal family name is Marranzini.
Frank Rainieri
Born (1945-10-24) 24 October 1945 (age 79)[1]
Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
Alma materSaint Joseph's University[2]
Known forFounder and developer of Punta Cana
Board member ofGrupo Puntacana
SpouseHaydée Kuret Pacheco[3]
Children3[3]
Parent(s)Francisco Rainieri, Venecia Marranzini[4]
RelativesFernando Rainieri (brother)
Celso Marranzini (second-cousin)
AwardsOrder of Merit of Duarte, Sánchez and Mella, Order of Christopher Columbus
Websitewww.grupopuntacana.com.do

Frank Rafael Rainieri Marranzini is a Dominican businessman in tourism industry in the Dominican Republic. He is the chairman and founder of Grupo Puntacana. According to Forbes, Rainieri has one of the ten largest fortunes in the Dominican Republic, with a net worth near the billion-dollar mark as of 2014.[5] In 2015, he was designated ambassador of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta to the Dominican Republic, a position that his father also held four decades earlier.[6]

  1. ^ López, Myriam (21 December 2003). "Grupo Punta Cana: La historia de un soñador" (in Spanish). Hoy. Archived from the original on 9 April 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2015. Todavía no había cumplido 24 años cuando Frank Rainieri decidió convertir a Punta Cana en un gran destino turístico. Hoy, 35 años después, (...)
  2. ^ Guerra, Edwin (August 2008). "Frank el Conquistador" (in Spanish). Revista Mercado. Archived from the original on 25 November 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  3. ^ a b Figueroa, Rossana. "PROTAGONISTA - Haydee Kuret de Rainieri" (in Spanish). Bavaro News. Archived from the original on 14 November 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Hoy was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Los próximos millonarios de República Dominicana" [The upcoming Dominican Republic billionaires]. Forbes (in Spanish). Mexico City. 26 June 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  6. ^ Rivera, Rosanna (18 April 2015). "Frank Rainieri: Embajador de la Soberana y Militar Orden Hospitalaria de San Juan de Jerusalén de Rodas y de Malta en República Dominicana". Ritmo Social: Personas & Personalidades (in Spanish) (570). Santo Domingo: Editora Listín Diario: 20. Retrieved 18 April 2015.