Alejandro Santo Domingo (born 13 February 1977) is an Colombian American businessman. He manages the Santo Domingo Group, his family's conglomerate, with his net worth estimated by ''

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'' to be 2.6 billion as of May 2023. He is a board member of several companies and organizations, such as Bavaria Brewery,

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, '' El Espectador'', the

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, the

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, the

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, and the Barefoot Foundation. Santo Domingo also owns a minority stake in the

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of the

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(NFL). He is married to British socialite Lady Charlotte Wellesley.

Early life

Santo Domingo was born on 13 February 1977 in

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. He is the son of Colombian billionaire Julio Mario Santo Domingo and his second wife, Colombian socialite Beatrice Dávila. He is the brother of Andres Santo Domingo Dávila and half-brother of Julio Mario Santo Domingo Braga, who was the only child of Julio Mario Santo Domingo and his first wife, Brazilian socialite Edyala Braga. He was educated at the Hotchkiss School, followed by a bachelor's degree in history from

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."Children of Fortune", ''Vanity Fair'' (June 2009 edition); accessed 3 May 2014.

Career

His work centers on managing the Santo Domingo Group, his family's conglomerate. He is also the

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of Quadrant Capital Advisors, member of the AB InBev finance committee, chairman of Bavaria Brewery, director of the Colombian network

and newspaper '' El Espectador'', chair of the

, and board member of the

, DKMS, WNET, Mount Sinai Health System, the

, and the Barefoot Foundation.Tully, Kathryn: "Outside interests," ''The Guardian''
/ref> In 2023, Domingo and some of his family were investors in a group led by Josh Harris that purchased the

, an American football team belonging to the

(NFL), for $6.05 billion. The deal was the highest price ever paid for a sports team.

Personal life

Santo Domingo holds American, Colombian, and Spanish nationality. He lives in Southampton, New York. During the years he has been seen with several famous socialite girlfriends, which have included heiress Amanda Hearst, editor Karen Larrain and models Eugenia Silva and Julie Henderson. In July 2015, he announced an engagement to Lady Charlotte Anne Wellesley, daughter of Charles Wellesley, 9th Duke of Wellington and Princess Antonia of Prussia, great-great-granddaughter of the late German emperor

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. They were married in Íllora, Spain, on 28 May 2016. They have two children, born in 2017 and 2019. He is a director of Colombia's Endeavor, an international non-profit development organization that aims to find and support high-impact entrepreneurs in emerging markets and is member of the Latin America Conservation Council of

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References

External links

''Bloomberg Billionaires Index'' profile

The Nature Conservatory council profile

The British Museum trustee profile
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