Julio Mario Santo Domingo

Julio Mario Santo Domingo Pumarejo
1st Colombia Ambassador to China
In office
February 27, 1981 – March 18, 1983
PresidentJulio César Turbay Ayala
Preceded byOffice created
Succeeded byAlfonso Gómez Gómez
Personal details
Born(1923-10-16)October 16, 1923
Panama City, Panamá, Panama
DiedOctober 7, 2011(2011-10-07) (aged 87)
New York City, United States
NationalityColombian
Spouses
Edyala Braga Brandão do Monte
(divorced)
Beatrice Dávila Rocha
(m. 1975)
Children
RelativesTatiana Santo Domingo Rechulski (granddaughter)
Alma materUniversity of Virginia Georgetown University (dropped out)
Net worthIncrease US$8.4bn (2011)[1]

Julio Mario Santo Domingo Pumarejo (October 16, 1923 – October 7, 2011)[2] was a Colombian-American billionaire businessman, diplomat and patriarch of the Santo Domingo family who lived in New York City. He controlled more than 100 companies in the diversified portfolio of the "Santo Domingo Group." He was listed by Forbes magazine as one of the wealthiest men in the world, and the second-wealthiest in Colombia, with a fortune of US$8 billion.[3] He was the founder of a philanthropic foundation, named to honor his father, that benefits Colombia's social development.

  1. ^ "Julio Mario Santo Domingo". Forbes; the World's Billionaires. March 2011. Retrieved October 24, 2011.
  2. ^ D. A. Crowe (September 4, 2005). "Una jugada de póquer". El País.
  3. ^ "Billionaires: Julio Mario Santo Domingo". Forbes. March 5, 2008. Archived from the original on January 23, 2013.