Andrónico Luksic Abaroa
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Andrónico Luksic Abaroa | |
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Born | 5 November 1926 Santiago, Chile |
Citizenship | Chile |
Spouses | |
Children | Andrónico Luksic Craig Guillermo Luksic Craig Paola Luksic Fontbona Gabriela Luksic Fontbona Jean-Paul Luksic Fontbona[2][3] |
Parents |
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Relatives | Eduardo Abaroa (great-grandfather) |
Antonio Andrónico Luksic Abaroa (5 November 1926 – 18 August 2005) was a
In September 2002, the Chilean newspaper El Mercurio published an interview with Andrónico Luksic titled "Don Andrónico cuenta su historia" (Don Andrónico shares his story), in which he explains how, after a life of hard work, he had decided to retire and "dedicate himself to what he liked the most: his family, his beloved Croatia and social assistance".[5]
Family
Luksic was born in Antofagasta, to a Bolivian mother, Elena Abaroa Córdova (grandchild of Bolivian War of the Pacific hero Eduardo Abaroa), and a Croatian immigrant father, Polikarp Lukšić Ljubetić, who had arrived in Chile from the Adriatic island of Brač in 1910 and had made a living in the nitrate industry.[citation needed]
Luksic married Ena del Carmen Craig Monett in 1953 and they had two sons: Andrónico (born 16 April 1954[6]) and Guillermo (14 January 1956 – 2013)[6] Luksic was widowed when Ena died in 1959. He married Iris Fontbona González in 1961, when she was 18 years old.[1] They had two daughters: Paola (born 1961/1962) and Gabriela (born 1962/1963), and one son: Jean-Paul Luksic Fontbona (born 31 May 1964).[6])[2][3]
Death
Antonio Andrónico Luksic Abaroa died of cancer on 18 August 2005, aged 78, in Santiago de Chile.
References
- ^ a b "Cómo se gestó el millonario aporte de Iris Fontbona, viuda de Luksic, en la Teletón". La Segunda (in Spanish). 6 December 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2011.
- ^ a b c "Obituary: Andronico Luksic". The Daily Telegraph. 3 September 2005. Archived from the original on 11 March 2007. Retrieved 24 February 2011.
- ^ a b c "Andrónico Luksic, 78, Magnate in Chile, Dies". The New York Times. 29 August 2005. Retrieved 24 February 2011.
- ^ "The World's Billionaires (2005): #132 Andronico Luksic & family". Forbes. 9 March 2005. Retrieved 24 February 2011.
- ^ "La entrevista que Andrónico Luksic Abaroa dio a El Mercurio". El Mercurio. 19 August 2005. Archived from the original on 16 May 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
- ^ a b c "Los hijos hombres de Andrónico Luksic Abaroa" [The male children of Andrónico Luksic Abaroa]. El Mercurio (in Spanish). 20 August 2005. Retrieved 24 February 2011.
- ^ "The World's Billionaires (2011): #26 Iris Fontbona & family". Forbes. 9 March 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
- ^ "Iris Fontbona". Forbes. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
- ^ "Bloomberg Billionaires Index". Bloomberg LP. Archived from the original on 2012-12-14. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
- ^ "Forbes 2016 World's Billionaires: Meet The Richest People in Chile". The Santiago Times. 8 March 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
- ^ "Iris Fontbona & family". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-11-04.