Carlos Tomás Rodríguez-Pastor Persivale (born 11 April 1959) is a Peruvian
billionaire
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businessman, and the owner of 71% of
Intergroup Financial Services, a Peruvian banking and retail group. He is chairman and CEO of
Intercorp, managing general partner of
Nexus Group, and chairman of
Interbank. He is one of the
wealthiest individuals in Peru; ''
Forbes
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'' estimates his net worth to be US$1.5 billion.
Early life
Carlos Rodriguez-Pastor was born in Peru on 11 April 1959.
In 1968, after a coup, he fled with his family to Ecuador and later California.
His father
Carlos Rodriguez-Pastor Sr. was Peru's Minister of Economy from 1982 to 1984.
In 1994, his father bought
Banco Internacional del Peru, but died the following year.
He was educated at the Immaculate Heart College in
Lima
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, Peru.
In 1983, he received a bachelor's degree from the
University of California, Berkeley
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, and in 1988, an MBA from
Tuck School of Business
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.
Career
From 1990–93, he was a vice-president at
Citibank
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, New York City, and from 1993–95, a managing director at
Banco Santander
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, New York.
Since 1995, he has been chairman and CEO of
Intercorp; managing general partner of
Nexus Group; chairman of
Interbank, and a director of
Royalty Pharma,
Casa Andina,
Interseguro,
Supermercados Peruanos,
Inteligo Bank,
InRetail,
Innova Schools, and
NG Restaurants.
Rodriguez-Pastor has stated he does not care for everyone to know how rich he is, saying: "I don't see what the big deal is".
In August 2011,
Bloomberg
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considered him one of the 8 "hidden billionaires" in the world, until, in March 2012,
Forbes
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magazine placed him on the list of the richest.
[La Republica:08-03-2012: Forbes coloca Hochschild y Rodriguez en lista de los mas ricos del mundo](_blank)
/ref> That same year he founded InRetail, a holding company which manages supermarkets ( Supermercados Peruanos), shopping centers (Real Plaza) and pharmacies (InkaFarma).[La Republica:08-03-2012: Forbes coloca Hochschild y Rodriguez en lista de los mas ricos del mundo](_blank)
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Personal life
He is married to Gabriela Perez Rocchietti,
See also
* List of Peruvian billionaires by net worth
References
1959 births
Living people
Businesspeople from Lima
Peruvian businesspeople
Peruvian billionaires
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