Jaime Gilinski Bacal

Jaime Gilinski Bacal (#202)

Global Rank #202

Country Rank #1

Country Colombia

There is a moment in life when you have to take all of the risk, just put all of the cards on the table.

$ 15 B
Banking
Colombia
M
68 Years

Snapshot

Quick Facts

Global Rank #202

Country Rank #1

Net Worth $14.7B

Previous Worth $14.7B

Worth Change +$0.0B

Country Colombia

Industry Banking

Age 68 Years

Gender M

Worth As Of May 4, 2026

Residence Panama City, Panama

Citizenship Colombia

World Billionaires List Colombia Billionaires Banking

Profile Data

Personal Stats

Age 68

Source Of Wealth Banking

Residence Panama City, Panama

Citizenship Colombia

Marital Status Married

Children 4

Education Master of Business Administration, Harvard Business School

Net Worth Change +$0.0B +0.0% from previous worth

Previous Net Worth $14.7B

Current Net Worth $14.7B

Worth as of May 4, 2026

About Me

Jaime Gilinski Bacal built one of the largest banking empires in Latin America through a series of mergers and acquisitions. The Colombian is redeveloping a former U.S. Air Force base alongside the Panama Canal with British billionaire brothers Ian and Richard Livingstone. After getting an MBA at Harvard in 1980, Gilinski worked in Morgan Stanley's mergers and acquisitions division. His primary residence is in Panama, but Gilinski also has houses in London, New York, Miami and Colombia. In 2022, Gilinski purchased large stakes in Colombian food conglomerate Grupo Nutresa and financial services firm Grupo Sura.

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#196

Billionaires (2026)

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Did You Know?

Billionaire George Soros struck a back-of-the-napkin deal to invest $50 million in Gilinski's plan to take over the largest bank in Colombia in 1994.

Wealth Growth

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Current Net Worth: $14.7B (May 4, 2026)