Julio Ponce Lerou
Julio Ponce Lerou is a Chilean billionaire who is the principal shareholder of Soquimich.[1] He is a former son-in-law of Augusto Pinochet.[1][2] Until 1982 he was president of Chilean state-owned forestry company Complejo Forestal y Maderero Panguipulli while he was simultaneously president of CELCO, a wood pulp company.[2]
Ponce is currently accused of a millionaire fraud and embezzlement that affects the pension funds of millions of Chilean citizens under what is known as the "Cascadas" case.[3][4][5]
In his youth, he attended the University of Concepción, where studied medicine for a year.[6] Then, he finished his Bachelor of Arts at the University of Chile.[6]
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[edit]- ^ a b "Meet Chemicals Billionaire Julio Ponce Lerou, former son-in-law of Chilean Dictator Augusto Pinochet". Forbes. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
- ^ a b INFORME COMISION PRIVATIZACIONES CAMARA DE DIPUTADOS 2004 Archived 2008-08-21 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 29 September 2009.
- ^ "EyN: Caso Cascadas: Los episodios clave para entender la investigación que remece al mercado".
- ^ "PULSO". Archived from the original on 2013-09-24. Retrieved 2014-03-10.
- ^ "nacion.cl - Experto aterriza el enredado caso de las sociedades cascadas". www.lanacion.cl. Archived from the original on 2014-03-10.
- ^ a b "El obrero que se convirtió en millonario". Economía y Negocios. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2022.