Sebastián Piñera is the President of Chile, and is among the nation's wealthiest people, estimated to be worth more than a billion American dollars. He was the principal owner of the Chilevisión nationwide TV station and an airline, LAN Chile, though these properties are in a trust while he is head of state. An economist, businessperson, and former Senator, his father was a Chilean diplomat who served as ambassador to Belgium and, later, the United Nations.
[1] Renovación Nacional (National Renewal) Party.
Father: José Piñera Carvallo (diplomat, b. 1917, d. 1991)
Mother: Magdalena Echenique Rozas (b. 1919, d. 2000)
Wife: Cecilia Morel Montes (youth counselor, m. 1973)
Daughter: Magdalena (history teacher, b. 1975)
Daughter: Cecilia (pediatrician, b. 1978)
Son: Sebastián (commercial engineer, b. 1982)
Son: Cristóbal (psychologist, b. 1984)
High School: Saint Boniface School, Brussels, Belgium (attended, 1965-67)
High School: Verbo Divino School, Santiago, Chile (1968)
University: BS Commercial Engineering, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (1971)
University: MS Economics, Harvard University (1973)
University: PhD Economics, Harvard University (1976)
Teacher: Economics, Valparaíso Business School
Teacher: Economics, Adolfo Ibañez University
Teacher: Economics, University of Chile
Teacher: Economics, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
President of Chile 11-Mar-2010 to present)
Chilevisión Principal Owner
LAN Chile Principal Owner
Renovación Nacional (National Renewal) Party President (2001-04)
Chilean Senate 8th District, Eastern Metropolitan Region (1990-98)
UN Official Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
World Bank Economic Advisor (1975-78)
Inter-American Development Bank Economic Advisor (1974-76)
Asociación de Guías y Scouts de Chile (childhood)
Futuro Foundation Founder (1993)
Mujer Emprende Foundation Co-Founder (1988)
Official Website:
http://gobiernodechile.cl/presidente/en/
