1. THE AMERICAS.
- Author
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Poole, Claire, Heuslein, William, and Kripalani, Manjeet
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BILLIONAIRES ,INVESTORS - Abstract
The article profiles several notable billionaires and billionaire families from American countries such as Colombia, Brazil, Venezuela, Mexico, and Canada as of July 1990. The billionaires discussed include Pablo Escobar Gaviria, head of the Medellin illegal drug cartel of Colombia, the Cisneros family of Venezuela, owners of consumer goods company Spalding & Evenflo Cos., and Canadia investor Charles Bronfman. INSETS: The cocaine trade's up-and-comers;Meanwhile, closer to home....
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- 1990