Alejandro Bulgheroni
Alejandro Bulgheroni | |
|---|---|
| Born | Alejandro Pedro Bulgheroni 24 October 1943 Bridas |
| Spouse | Bettina Bulgheroni |
| Children | 7 |
| Relatives | Carlos Bulgheroni (brother) |
Alejandro Pedro Bulgheroni (born 24 October 1943) is an Argentine billionaire businessman in the oil and gas sector. Following his education at the
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.[4] His younger brother was Carlos Bulgheroni (1945–2016).[2]
Career
Bulgheroni joined his father Alejandro in the Bridas Corporation, in 1965 when he was 22 years old.[5] Bridas founded by the Bulgheroni family in 1948 and by the 1970s one of the largest private firms in the Argentine energy sector. The senior Bulgheroni died in 1985 and left a controlling stake in the firm to Alejandro and his younger brother Carlos.
Bulgheroni obtained, in 1992, some of the first gas exploration concessions granted in
In 2010, Bulgheroni sold 50 percent of Bridas to the 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.[11]
Personal life
He is married, with seven children, and resides in Manantiales, Uruguay.[2] According to Forbes, he is Uruguay's only billionaire.
In 2016, his brother Carlos died of cancer at the age of 71.[12]
As of March 2022, Forbes estimates his net worth to be $1.9 billion.[2]
Bulgheroni also possesses several vineyards around the world, despite the fact that he stopped drinking upon marrying his second wife Bettina.[5][13] One of his vineyards, Bodega Garzón, won the New World Winery of The Year for 2018 by the magazine, Wine Enthusiast.[14]
References
- ^ Financial Times Who's who in World Oil and Gas. Longman Group Limited. 1981. p. 60. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Forbes profile: Alejandro Bulgheroni". Forbes. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
- ^ "Carlos Bulgheroni - the intrepid entrepreneur". Blue Chip. Archived from the original on 2010-11-10.
- ^ "Alejandro Pedro Bulgheroni". BusinessWeek. Archived from the original on January 15, 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
- ^ a b "Alejandro Bulgheroni, Bridas Corp: dash for gas not retirement". Financial Times.
- ^ "Carlos Bulgheroni - the intrepid entrepreneur". Blue Chip. Archived from the original on 2010-11-10.
- ^ Clarín (11/8/2005) (in Spanish)
- ^ Taleban in Texas for talks on gas pipeline (12/4/1997)
- ^ "BBC: Taleban says it's ready to sign Turkmen pipeline deal (1/4/1998)". Archived from the original on 2002-12-30. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
- ^ "Environment News Service: Afghanistan's New Pipeline Deal May Be Just Another Pipe Dream (4/17/2006)". Archived from the original on 2006-11-14. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
- ^ "ALEJANDRO BULGHERONI". Business Jet Traveler. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
- ^ "Argentina's richest man, Carlos Bulgheroni, dead at 71". Business Insider. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
- ^ Gmur, Lisa (8 December 2020). "The Empire of Alejandro Bulgerhoni". The Mark Wine News. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
- ^ "The Pride of Uruguay: Bodega Garzón". Retrieved 2020-09-05.