Jorge Horacio Brito

Jorge Horacio Brito
Born(1952-07-23)July 23, 1952
Buenos Aires, Argentina
DiedNovember 20, 2020(2020-11-20) (aged 68)
Salta Province, Argentina
Occupation(s)Banker, businessman
Known forFounder and CEO of Banco Macro; former president and chairman of ADEBA
SpouseMarcela Carballo

Jorge Horacio Brito (23 July 1952 – 20 November 2020)[1] was an Argentine banker and businessman. He was the CEO of Argentina's largest bank, Banco Macro. He was also the president and chairman of the Argentine Banking Association (ADEBA) from 2003 to 2016.

His investments spanned real estate (through the firm Vizora), agriculture and livestock (through the companies Inversora Juramento, Frigoríficos Bermejo and Cabañas Juramento) and wind power (through Genneia Inc.)[2]

In 2018, Forbes placed his net worth at US$1.3 billion on The World's Billionaires list.[3] He was the seventh richest person in Argentina at this time.[4]

  1. ^ "Murió el empresario Jorge Brito en un accidente de helicóptero en la provincia de Salta". Infobae (in Spanish). November 20, 2020. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
  2. ^ "Los dueños del Macro, en la energía renovable". Clarin. December 7, 2015. Archived from the original on December 29, 2016. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
  3. ^ "The World's Billionaires". Forbes. March 25, 2023.
  4. ^ "Siete argentinos entre los más ricos del mundo". La Nación. March 21, 2017.