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Iris Fontbona Net Worth

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Iris Fontbona's Net Worth as of 2024
$13 Billion

Iris Fontbona was born in 1943 in Antofogasta, Chile, of Spanish (Catalan) descent, and is known for controlling Antofogasta Plc. Forbes magazine ranks Iris as the richest person in Chile, and the 82nd richest in the world in 2015.

So just how rich is Iris Fontbona? Forbes estimates that her net worth is over $14 billion most of her wealth having been inherited, and as a result of controlling the Antofogasta conglomerate.

Iris Fontbona Net Worth $14 Billion

Iris Fontbona is the widow of Andronico Luksic, who she married in 1961, and who had built a fortune in mining, beverages and more, and died of cancer in 2005. Luksic was the son of a migrant father from Croatia, and a Bolivian mother.

So Iris Fontbona’s story is mostly that of her husband: Luksic expanded his businesses, and left them to his wife and his three sons: Jean-Paul with Iris, and Andronico and Guillermo (who died in 2013 of lung cancer) with his first wife Ena who died in 1959. Two daughters to Luksic and Iris apparently have little involvement in running the businesses.

Iris Fontbona is certainly the matriarch of Chile’s richest family and, with her two sons, controls 65% of Antofagasta Plc, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange and which owns copper mines in Chile. The family also holds a controlling interest in Quinenco, a publicly-traded Chilean conglomerate active in banking – Banco de Chile; beer brewing – Compania Cervecerias Unidas SA, the largest brewer in Chile; transportation – Compania Sudamericana de Vapores, Latin America’s largest shipping company; as well as energy and port services. Other family assets include two chains of hotels in Croatia, Adriatic Luxury Resorts and Laguna Porec. Jean-Paul is the chairman of Antofagasta, and Andronico is the head of the financial department as well as being the chairman of Quinenco.

Naturally, since assuming control of the family businesses, Iris’ net worth has continued to grow steadily. When Luksic died in 2005, his net worth was estimated to be $15 billion, and despite global financial problems since then, Iris’ net worth has been maintained, and her sons also have significant amounts credited to them, totalling more than $20 billion.

All children and step-children of Iris have their own children, but otherwise the family’s private life is just that, and little is known of her or their personal lives outside of business.

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  1. Redeye

    October 2, 2015 at 8:56 am

    So Iris Fontbona is single? Hello sexy momma. Want a date?

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Troy Landry Net Worth

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American TV star Troy Landry was born on 2 February 1965, and has lived virtually all his life in the Atchafalaya Basin region in Pierre Parte, Louisiana, USA. Troy is best known for being the star – the King of the Swamp – of the TV reality documentary series ‘Swamp People’ aired on the History Channel, which concentrates on the hunting of alligators, and which project has added significant revenue to the overall size of Troy Landry’s net worth.

So just how rich is Troy Landry? Sources estimate that currently the amount of Troy Landry’s net worth is approaching $3 million, a good deal of this wealth having come from the aforementioned TV documentary series, now in its fifth season.

Troy Landry Net Worth $3 million

The documentary drama series named Swamp People  premiered in 2010 and attracted a TV audience of more than 3.1 million. This show has subsequently become regarded as one of the most watchable on the History Channel, and regularly sets ratings record for the Channel. The main subject of the series is Troy Landry along with three generations of his family, and other colleagues who are involved in hunting alligators. What began as something of a hobby for Troy Landry has now become the  basis for a considerable business, including spin-offs of various types of merchandise marketed by Troy Landry under the trademark of his own coined phrase, “Choot ’em”, a phrase which is also now synonimous with the Swamp People program.

The whole series is fascinating because there is only a legal 30-day hunting season of alligators, to ensure that they are not over hunted, so those engaged in what has become an industry have to catch and/or kill enough alligators throughout the month-long hunting season to support their families for a whole year. Added to that, the competition is quite fierce so all have to step up their game. Troy Landry was once fortunate enough to catch 82 alligators in a day, however a normal average is  30-40 ‘gators. Since the groups that participate in hunting alligators have been doing this for quite some time, the techniques used have been passed down for generations already. The show has made stars out of those hunters featured in the program, which  is unsurprising considering that hunting alligators is at least an extreme hobby which few people engage in,  but also because Troy Landry has managed to build a substantial business and accumulate a large amount of net worth from this hunting OF what are regarded as dangerous reptiles which actually survive in large numbers on the mainland of the USA.

So apart from actually hunting alligators, such  popularity and wealth reveals Troy Landry to be a successful businessman, too.

For the record, other Swamp People cast members include Brandon Hotard – Landry, Guy Landry, Holden Landry, Marie Lacoste, Liz Cavallier, Jessica Cavallier, and Glenn Guist among many others. Of significance also is that Swamp People has reached international peaks since it has been broadcast on TV in Australia, Canada, Croatia, Finland, France, India, Norway, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, United Kingdom and Germany.

In his personal life, Troy Landry is married to Bernita, and their three sons are Brandon, Jacob and Chase.

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Nabila Haniss was born on 22 October 1965, place unknown, and her claim to fame has been as a TV celebrity, appearing several times in the reality show “Storage Wars”,  which is based in Southern California.

So how rich is Nabila Haniss? The worldwide-known entrepreneur has a net worth estimated by sources to be as high as $10 million; Nabila’s participation in the hit TV show “Storage Wars” has been the main source of Nabila Haniss’ current wealth, in addition to her actual business.

Nabila Haniss Net Worth $10 Million

Nabila Haniss is one of the reality, ordinary stars of “Storage Wars”, which started airing in 2010 on the A & E network. The show has been well received, and has consequently brought great revenues to the total amount to Nabila Haniss’ net worth. For the record, this show has now aired for six seasons, and has been followed by spin-off shows named “Storage Wars: New York” and “Storage Wars: Texas”. The subject of this show is auctioning the contents of storage lockers, the rent of which has not been paid for three months by the person or company which contracted to use them. Auctioneers sell to the highest bidder on the day at a public auction. What brought fame to Nabila was buying the contents of a storage container which had been the property of Paris and Nicky Hilton – apparently the sisters did not know that their property was going to be sold at auction. As Nabila is such a great entrepreneur, it is not surprising that later on she reportedly managed to sell this property for $10 million after posting an auction on the internet, which of course Nabila was delighted to broadcast to the world, thereby increasing her fame as well as her net worth. The anonymous purchaser created the website named parisexposed.com, on which all the Hilton’s property was posted, including very personal/private items such as diaries, photographs, details of bank accounts, etc. Unsurprisingly, the Hiltons sued Haniss, but withdrew the suit as Nabila was not responsible for the website, whose owners apparently reside outside of the US, so the site cannot be eliminated.

It is certainly true that for her contribution to the show, Nabila was acknowledged as the best team member, plus being attractive, funny and competitive, and has a lot of appeal to a broad audience, through which she also achieved international fame and recognition. Cast member Dave Hester claims that Nabila is very determined, successful and he considers her to be his biggest competitor on this show. It is known that Nabila considers him to be a good friend, although this relationship is still rather obscure. Nabila joined the cast of “Storage Wars” in its second season, and showed up in five episodes that season. Following her success on the show, Nabila appeared in more episodes in the next season. Undoubtedly, an ability to buy valuable items and to sell them for a higher price boosted the total amount of Nabila Haniss‘ net worth, as also has her continued appearance on TV. It is true that Nabila despises the regular buyers. She even calls them a travelling circus.

In her personal life, Nabila has been married since 1986 to her high school boyfriend – name unknown – and lives in Culver City, California.

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