Owner of a USD 1.8 billion fortune, this entrepreneur does business in various fields such as banks and vineyards.
Upon entering the airport and nanotechnology sectors in Brazil, he now wants to lure companies into a regional integration project.
BUENOS AIRES AND RIO – Called by many “the lord of the airports”, the Argentine magnate Eduardo Eurnekian, 81 and single, is much more than that. In the last 40 years, period in which Argentina went through violent dictatorships, civilian governments that failed to complete their terms and severe financial crises, Mr. Eurnekian built an empire that now seems to have no boundaries. His powerful Corporación América already operates 52 airports worldwide (including those in Natal and Brasilia). While this year, the plan is to obtain 21 air terminals in Greece and some others in Latin American countries such as Chile and Peru. (más…)
