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Julio Mario Santo Domingo (born 1924)^[1] is a Colombian businessman and patriarch of the wealthy Santo Domingo family originally from Barranquilla, Colombia.^[1] He is the son of (Julio) Mario Santo Domingo and Beatriz Pumarejo. He controls more than 100 companies in the diversified portfolio of the "Santo Domingo Group." He is listed by Forbes magazine as one of the wealthiest men in the world, and the second wealthiest in Colombia, with a fortune of $4 billion US dollars.^[2] He is an alumnus of the University of Virginia.^[3] He is the founder of a philanthropic foundation, named to honor his father, that benefits Colombia's social development.

[edit] Santo Domingo Group

The Group has a majority stake of Grupo Empresarial Bavaria and Valores Bavaria (a private equity). In 2005, Bavaria S.A. merged with South African company SABMiller. In this merging, the Group acquired 15.1% of SAB Miller, becoming the second-largest shareholder of the second-largest beverage company in the world (behind Ambev).^[4]^[5]^[6]

[edit] Portfolio

Caracol TV (Colombian television channel)
- Caracol TV International
- Caracol Radio (sold to PRISA in 2001)
Cromos (magazine)
El Espectador (newspaper)
SABMiller (15% stake)
Avianca (sold in 2004 to Germán Efromovich)^[3]

[edit] Family and personal life

Julio Mario Santo Domingo was born in Panamá.^[1]

Mr. Santo Domingo owns homes in New York City, in Paris, and Baru, a private island he owns off Cartagena, Colombia.^[2],^[4]

He married firstly, an aristocratic Brazilian named Edyala Braga, with whom he had a son who died in 2009 from cancer:

Julio Mario Santo Domingo, Jr. (1958 - 2009)^[7] m. Vera Rechulski, a Brazilian socialite
- Tatiana Santo Domingo (born November 24, 1983), the girlfriend of Andrea Casiraghi
- Julio Santo Domingo, III

He married secondly, Beatrice Dávila, and has two sons:

Alejandro Santo Domingo Dávila (born 1977)
Andrés Santo Domingo Dávila m. (2008) Lauren Davis, a US Vogue contributing editor

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b ^c D. A. Crowe (2005-09-04). "Una jugada de póquer". El País. http://www.elpais.com/articulo/empresas/jugada/poquer/elpnegemp/20050904elpnegemp_6/Tes.
^ ^a ^b "Billionaires: Julio Mario Santo Domingo". Forbes. 2008-03-05. http://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/10/billionaires08_Julio-Mario-Santo-Domingo_YNZG.html.
^ ^a ^b Forbes Billionaires, 2006
^ ^a ^b Goodman, Matthew: "Colombia beer battle brewing." The Sunday Times (London). 13 May 2007.
^ Timmons, Heather (2005-07-19). "SABMiller and Bavaria announce a major transaction in Latin America". International Herald Tribune. http://www.sabmiller.com/sabmiller.com/en_gb/News+and+media/News+releases/Group+news/SABMiller+and+Bavaria+announce+a+major+transaction+in+Latin+America.htm.
^ "SABMiller buys brewer to grow in Latin America". SAB Miller. 2005-07-19. http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/07/18/business/beer.php.
^ "Colombian Businessman Julio Mario Santo Domingo Braga Dies". Latin American Herald Tribune. 2009-03-29. http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=330732&CategoryId=12393.

[edit] External links

Wikinews has related news: SABMiller acquires Colombian Grupo Bavaria brewery

[elpais-0] D. A. Crowe (2005-09-04). "Una jugada de póquer". El País. http://www.elpais.com/articulo/empresas/jugada/poquer/elpnegemp/20050904elpnegemp_6/Tes.

[forbes2008-1] "Billionaires: Julio Mario Santo Domingo". Forbes. 2008-03-05. http://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/10/billionaires08_Julio-Mario-Santo-Domingo_YNZG.html.

[forbes2006-2] Forbes Billionaires, 2006

[goodman-3] Goodman, Matthew: "Colombia beer battle brewing." The Sunday Times (London). 13 May 2007.

[4] Timmons, Heather (2005-07-19). "SABMiller and Bavaria announce a major transaction in Latin America". International Herald Tribune. http://www.sabmiller.com/sabmiller.com/en_gb/News+and+media/News+releases/Group+news/SABMiller+and+Bavaria+announce+a+major+transaction+in+Latin+America.htm.

[5] "SABMiller buys brewer to grow in Latin America". SAB Miller. 2005-07-19. http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/07/18/business/beer.php.

[laht-6] "Colombian Businessman Julio Mario Santo Domingo Braga Dies". Latin American Herald Tribune. 2009-03-29. http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=330732&CategoryId=12393.

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Contents

[edit] Santo Domingo Group

[edit] Portfolio

[edit] Family and personal life

[edit] References

[edit] External links