Alejandro Bulgheroni

Alejandro Pedro Bulgheroni (born 1944)[2] is an Argentine billionaire businessman in the oil and gas sector.

Alejandro Bulgheroni
Born
Alejandro Pedro Bulgheroni

1944 (age 75–76)
Rufino, Santa Fe Province, Argentina
NationalityArgentine
EducationUniversity of Buenos Aires
OccupationBusinessman
Net worthUS$3.0 billion (October 2019)[1]
TitleVice president, Bridas
RelativesCarlos Bulgheroni (brother)

Early life

Alejandro Bulgheroni was born in Rufino, Santa Fe Province, to a Spanish mother and an Italian father, also called Alejandro Bulgheroni.[3] He was educated at the University of Buenos Aires, from where he obtained a degree in Industrial Engineering.[2] His younger brother is fellow billionaire Carlos Bulgheroni.[1]

Career

Bulgheroni joined his father's company in 1965 when he was 22 years old.[4]

In 2010, Bulgheroni sold 50 percent of Bridas to Chinese state-run CNOOC Group, which was followed by the acquisition of Axion Energy Argentina in 2012, along with ExxonMobil’s crude-oil refineries and fuel and lubricants trading assets in Paraguay, Argentina and Uruguay.[5]

Personal life

He lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[1]

In 2016, his brother Carlos died of cancer at the age of 71.[6]

As of October 2019, Forbes estimates his net worth to be $2.9 billion, making him the 831st richest man in the world.[7]

Bulgheroni also possesses several vinyards around the world, despite the fact that he stopped drinking upon marrying his wife Bettina.[4]

References
  1. "Carlos and Alejandro Bulgheroni". Forbes. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  2. "Alejandro Pedro Bulgheroni". BusinessWeek. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  3. "Carlos Bulgheroni - the intrepid entrepreneur". Blue Chip. Archived from the original on 2010-11-10.
  4. "Alejandro Bulgheroni, Bridas Corp: dash for gas not retirement". Financial Times.
  5. "ALEJANDRO BULGHERONI". Business Jet Traveler. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  6. "Argentina's richest man, Carlos Bulgheroni, dead at 71". Business Insider. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  7. "Alejandro Bulgheroni". Forbes. Retrieved 29 May 2017.


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