✎ About Alejandro Bulgheroni

Alejandro Bulgheroni was born on 1944 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Argentina. Alejandro Bulgheroni and his late brother Carlos (who died in September 2016 at age 71) inherited Argentine energy firm Bridas Corp. from their father decades ago; he started Bridas in 1948 to provide parts for the national oil company's pipeline network. After their father died in 1985, Alejandro, the elder son and an industrial engineer, and Carlos, a lawyer, took over and moved Bridas into oil and gas exploration and production. In 2011, the Bulgheroni brothers sold a 50% stake in Bridas to China's state overseas oil company, CNOOC, for $3.1 billion. Alejandro serves as president and chairman of Bridas Corp. The company owns a 40% stake in oil producer Pan American Energy, which has operations in several Latin American countries. Alejandro is involved in the sustainable production of wine in Uruguay, Argentina, Australia, California and Tuscany. In 2014 he began a wine growing project in Patagonia set to become the southernmost vineyard in the world. Once completed, it will be the first to create a true ice wine in Patagonia.
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Biography/Timeline

1965

Bulgheroni joined his father's company in 1965 when he was 22 years old.

2010

In 2010, Bulgheroni sold 50 percent of Bridas to Chinese state-run CNOOC Group, which was followed by the aqcuisition of Axion Energy Argentina in 2012, along with ExxonMobil’s crude-oil refineries and fuel and lubricants trading assets in Paraguay, Argentina and Uruguay.

2015

According to Forbes, jointly with his brother Carlos, Bulgheroni has a net worth of $5.1 billion, as of January 2015. In 2016, his brother Carlos died of cancer at the age of 71.

2017

As of 29 May 2017, Forbes estimates his net worth to be $3.5 billion, making him the 581st richest man in the world.