Horst Paulmann  
Age 82    Net Worth $4.6 Billion
Born  Kassel, Germany     Citizen   Chilean and German
Selfmade in Hypermarket and Retail , founded  CENCOSUD  in 1976 

Education:   did not finish High School 

Here is a picture of Horst Paulmann 

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Horst Paulmann owns CENCOSUD, the largest Retail Conglomerate in South America. 

 

At age 13, he started working for his father's restaurant

In 1958, when his father died, he and his brother Jurgen Paulmann converted the restaurant into a grocery store.  It met with immediate success.  This is picture of their first supermarket Las Brisas

The first product he sold was strawberry, the second product was walnut

Now he owns the Tallest Building in South America
It is called Gran Torre (Great Towere) de Santiago 

Horst Paulmann also owns the largest shopping mall in South America "Costanera Center" 

He owns 8 retailers , 50 shopping malls and employs 140,000 people as of 2017.  Paul Horstman is the Richest Man in Chile and the Retail King of South America.