8 Undiscovered Billionaires


Bangalore: The world has some shy billionaires who turn away from the limelight for a low-key lifestyle instead of being pompous about their wealth in front of the world. Bloomberg has come up with a list of some hidden billionaires. Take a look!

Carlos Rodriguez-Pastor

The 52-year-old, Carlos Rodriguez owns Lima-based IFH Peru, a financial service and retail corporation he created and runs since 1995. He has been mentioned by Bloomberg as one of South America's rising magnate, who has thrived in the in the region's decade-long boom, after the markets went into meltdown in the 1980s and 1990s. Carlos' Primary asset is public stake in Intergroup. Rodriguez-Pastor's story illustrates how the industrialization of Asia and the commodities rumble in Latin America have set off a wave of wealth creation reaching from Beijing and New Delhi to Sao Paulo and Lima. On July 20, 1994 Carlos Rodriguez-Pastor Senior along with several North American businessmen purchased 91 percent of the bank's stocks. The new owners changed the name to Interbank. He holds net worth of $3 billion.