Eliodoro Matte Larraín (born 5 November 1945) is a Chilean billionaire businessman, president of the Chilean forestry and paper company CMPC, that he inherited from his father. Matte was born on 5 November 1945, the son of

Eliodoro Matte Ossa Eliodoro Matte Ossa (11 April 1905 – 22 July 2000) was a Chilean businessman, founder of the Chilean forestry and paper company CMPC. He is the son of Eliodoro Matte Gormaz and Rosario Ossa Lynch. In 1942, he married María Larraín Vial, and ...

. He took on a bachelor's degree in a civil industrial engineering from the University of Chile (without graduating), followed by an MBA from the

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, University of Chicago. He is chairman of the think tank

Centro de Estudios Públicos Centro de Estudios Públicos (CEP) is a non-profit Chilean think tank founded in 1980. Its stated mission is to “contribute to the development of a free and democratic society” through: 1) the analysis and dissemination of philosophical, pol ...

(CEP). As of October 2015, ''

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'' estimated his net worth at US$2.7 billion. He is married to Pilar Capdevila, and they have three children: Eliodoro Matte Capdevila, Jorge Matte Capdevila, and María del Pilar Matte Capdevila.

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