4) Joseph Safra – Net worth: $16 Billion (Brazil)
This self made banking tycoon has built a geographically diverse banking empire. This diversity shielded him from the weaker currency in Brazil last year. In 2013, he merged Bank Sarasin, a private bank he had acquired in Switzerland, with his other European banks to form Bank J. Safra Sarasin.
3) Luis Carlos Sarmiento – Net Worth: $16.8 Billion (Colombia)
This self made Colombian billionaire took a fortune amassed in the construction industry and invested the same in banks. Today his Grupo Aval controls one-third of all banking in Colombia.
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