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Maluma, David Vélez and the most influential Colombians in Latin America

David Velez, creator of Nubank

For the second consecutive year, Bloomberg Line published its list of the 500 most influential people in Latin America in 2022. People chosen for their participation in the economic recovery of the region.

(Read: Duque, new president of the Concordia Initiative for the Amazon).

“This year’s edition includes businessmen, investors, entrepreneurs, artists and athletes,” they explain. Also included are 200 new people on the list and of the total, one third are women.

Our motivation has more to do with the value they generate in their sectors, whether through job creation, their weight in local economies or their support for relevant initiatives.“, they point out.

It should be noted that this is not a ranking. In the case of Colombia 49 Colombians appear in the list. 12 of them are women.

David Velez, creator of Nubank

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1. Adriana Noreña (Google)
2. Alejandro Santo Domingo (Valorem)
3. Andres Carrillo (EPM)
4. Andres Fajardo (Clever Leaves)
5. Arturo Calle (Arturo Calle)
6. Breatriz Fernandez (Crepes & Waffles)
7. Camila Escobar (Juan Valdez)
​8. Carlos Felipe Jaramillo (World Bank)
9. Carlos Guayara (Trii)
10. Carlos Ignacio Gallego (Group Nutresa)
11. Carlos Mario Giraldo (Successful)
12. Carlos Zenteno (Clear)
13. Claudia Bejarano (Cerrejon)
14. David Velez (Nubank)
15. Edgardo Osorio (Aquazurra)
16. Ernesto Fajardo Pinto (Alpine)
17. Felipe Bayon (Ecopetrol)

(Also: Roger Federer, the fortune of the highest paid tennis player in the world).

18. Fira (NFT Artist)
19. Freddy Vega and Christian Van der Henst (Platzi)
20. Gonzalo Pérez (Sura Group)
21. Harold Eder (Manuelita)
22. Ivonne Neck (Lavca)
23. Jaime and Gabriel Gilinski (Gilinski Group)
24. Jairo Corrales (PEI Asset Management)
25. Jeronimo Uribe, Santiago Garcia, and Rodrigo Sanchez-Rios (LaHaus)
26. Jorge Mario Velasquez (Gryoi Argos)
27. Juan Carlos Mora (Bancolombia)
28. Juan Raul Velez (Velez)
29. Juan Ricardo Ortega (Bogota Energy Group)
30. Leonor Espinosa (Leococina)
31. Liliana Restrepo (Frisby)
32. Luis Carlos Sarmiento Angulo (Aval Group)
33. Luis Merchan (Flora Growth)
34. Luz Maria Correa (The Condor)
35. Maluma (Investor)
36. Marcela Vaca (GeoPark)
37. Martha Sanchez (Schneider Electric)
38. Maria Artunduaga (Breathe Labs)
39. Maria Lorena Gutierrez (Corficolombiana)
40. Mauricio Ramos (Millicom)
41. Miguel Cortes (Bolivar Group)
42. Miguel McCallister (Marketing)
43. Ricardo Villadiego (Lumu)
44. Salua Garcia Fakih (Symplifica)
45. Sebastian Noguera and Brynne McNulty Rojas (Habi)
46. ​​Sergio Diaz-Granados (CAF)
47. Sergio Martinez (Keralty)
48. Sergio Rincon (Bavaria)
49. Simon Borrero, Felipe Villamarin and Sebastian Mejia (rappi)

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Eleanor Espinosa.

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The sectors with the most participants on the list are the automotive, food and beverage, trade, energy, finance, holding and fintech.

Among the companies that were included are some such as Avianca, Bacaria, Carrefour, Bimbo, PepsiCo, Unilever, Toyota, Renault, Volvo and BMW.

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At the regional level, the names of Olimpia Coral Melo, from Ley Olimpia, Pedro Heilbron, from Copa Airlines, Lorenzo Mendoza, from Grupo Polar, Abilio Diniz, from Carrefour, Daniel Rodríguez, from FEMSA, Carlo Solari, from Chile, and Blanca Juti from L’Oreal.

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