The Luksic family from Chile owns interests in mining, banking, manufacturing, shipping and beverage production. The family’s conglomerate, Grupo Quiñenco S.A., controls Argentina’s second-largest brewer, Compañía Cervecerías Unidas S.A., and the Chilean banking industry leader, Banco de Chile. The conglomerate was founded by Andrónico Luksic in 1957. The Luksic family’s estimated net worth is $13.4 billion.
Andrónico entered Chile’s mining industry at a young age. He founded the Luksic Group to consolidate his copper mining concerns. Andrónico acquired a controlling interest in railway company Antofagasta in 1979, eventually extending its operations into the mining and finance sectors.
Following Andrónico’s death in 2005, his wife, Iris Fontbona, and their three sons assumed control of the family business.
Andrónico’s son, Andrónico Luksic Craig, serves as Quiñenco’s chairman, while brother Jean-Paul Luksic Fontbona chairs Antofagasta. The other brother, Guillermo Luksic Craig, controlled the family’s industrial interests until his death in 2013.
Grandsons of the founder, Nicolás Luksic Puga and Andrónico Luksic Lederer, now sit on Quiñenco’s board of directors.
