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Simón Iturri Patiño

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Simón Iturri Patiño

Birth
Bolivia
Death
20 Apr 1947 (aged 86)
Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Capital Federal, Argentina
Burial
Cochabamba, Provincia Cercado, Cochabamba, Bolivia Add to Map
Plot
Cochabamba - BOLIVIA
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Simón Iturri Patiño was a Bolivian industrialist who was among the world's wealthiest people at the time of his death. With a fortune built from ownership of a majority of the tin industry in Bolivia, Patiño was nicknamed "The Andean Rockefeller." He controlled the international tin market by the 1940s and was one of the wealthiest men in the world, hence his "title" The Tin King (Rey del Estaño).
Simón Iturri Patiño was a Bolivian industrialist who was among the world's wealthiest people at the time of his death. With a fortune built from ownership of a majority of the tin industry in Bolivia, Patiño was nicknamed "The Andean Rockefeller." He controlled the international tin market by the 1940s and was one of the wealthiest men in the world, hence his "title" The Tin King (Rey del Estaño).


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