World's Richest Politicians

Sebastian Pinera:

Sebastian Pinera takes the ninth position on the list. He has a net worth of $2.4 billion. He currently is the President of Chile and was the Senator from 1990 to 1998.

After he was elected president in 2010, Sebastian kept his campaign promise to sell his holdings, which is a popular move. He unloaded his 26 percent stake in Chilean airline LAN for $1.5 billion, sold the TV channel Chilevision to Time Warner for a reported $150 million, and sold his share of popular soccer team Blanco & Negro. But last year after student protests, worker strikes, and raging wildfires in Torres del Paine National Forest, his approval ratings declined to a reported 23 percent, the lowest of any Chilean president since Pinochet.