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Alicia Koplowitz

Net worth $2.3B

Construction, investments · Spain

Born
Sep 12, 1953
Age
72
Source
Construction, investments
Residence
Madrid
Citizenship
Spain
Marital status
Divorced
Children
3
Education

Net worth over time

Biography

  • In the early 1960s, Alicia Koplowitz inherited a stake in Spanish construction company Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas after her father died.
  • She sold her stake to sister Esther for $800 million in 1997 and put the money into diverse investments.
  • Over the years she's invested in steelmaker Acerinox, electric utility Iberdrola, and Banco Sabadell.
  • Koplowitz owns hotels in Italy and Miami, real estate in Washington, D.C. and Chicago, as well as a stake in Hospes, a Spanish luxury hotel chain.
  • Her charitable foundation sends Spanish fellows to study child psychiatry in England and the U.S. at Columbia University, Stanford and others.
  • In 1969 when she was a teenager she married Alberto Cortina, six months after her sister Esther married Cortina's cousin, Alberto Alcocer.
  • Koplowitz owns property in Madrid with Amancio Ortega, the Spanish billionaire known for fashion giant Zara.

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