| 04/11/2021 – 20:46 (GMT-4)
From Cuban-Americans of Florida are part of the 35th annual list of the magazine Forbes of the richest people in the world in 2021.
The state of the Sun had a juicy share in this year’s list, with 70 billionaires, Which represents an increase of at least 10 over the 2020 list.
The list of Forbes it is based on equity, which excludes fortune that is not recorded in public databases.
The first Cuban-American on the list is Jorge M. Pérez, Founder, chairman and CEO of The Related Group, with a net worth of $ 17 billion.
The son of Cubans who lost everything after emigrating from Cuba, Pérez is one of the most important Latin American businessmen in the United States. Named King of Condominiums in South Florida by The Wall Street Journal and recognized by the magazine TIME as one of the most influential Hispanics in the country.
Pérez was born in Argentina in 1949 because his father worked there at the time. In Cuba his family owned a pharmaceutical company nationalized by the Castro government. Before moving to Miami in 1968, he lived with his parents in Colombia for a time.
The second Cuban-American on the list is Jordi Mas Sants, President of the company MasTec, of Coconut Grove, one of the largest Spanish-owned firms in the country, with a net worth of $ 1.2 billion.
The billionaire is the son of a Cuban politician and businessman Jordi Mas Canosa, A well – known opponent of the government of Fidel Castro and president of the Cuban – American National Foundation until his death in 1997.
From his father he learned the importance of rewarding the community, so he gives financial support to a variety of local organizations, and advocates for human rights. He is the current president of the Cuban-American Foundation.
In the list of Florida billionaires, which also includes the former president Donald Trump with a net worth of $ 2 billion, There are four women this year: Carol Jenkins Barnett, a businesswoman, philanthropist and heiress to the 2.5 billion-dollar Publix supermarket in Lakeland; Charlotte Colket Weber, philanthropist and heiress to Campbell’s Soup, Hobe Sound, with $ 1.7 billion; Catherine Lozick, philanthropist and heiress of Swagelok pipes, Fort Lauderdale, with 1.6 billion, and went Neerja Sethi, co-founder of computer consultancy Syntel IT, Fisher Island, with 1.1 billion.
the list of the richest 2021 of Forbes it is headed by Jeff Bezos, with a net worth of 177 billion, and who, although not of Cuban roots, he brings Cubania close thanks to his adoptive father, The Cuban Miguel Bezos, who raised him from the age of four.
Also on the list is Michael Jordan, closely related to Cuba being married since 2013 to Cuban model Yvette Prieto, With whom he had a long courtship and procreated his twins Ysabel and Victoria.
In addition to being an NBA star, Jordan is the majority owner of the Charlotte Hornets, with a net worth of $ 1.6 billion.