Julio Ponce Lerou

Julio Ponce Lerou (#1261)

Global Rank #1261

Country Rank #3

Country Chile

Julio Ponce Lerou is listed among the world billionaires tracked by Iconic Billionaires.

$ 3 B
Fertilizer
Chile
M
80 Years

Snapshot

Quick Facts

Global Rank #1,261

Country Rank #3

Net Worth $3.4B

Previous Worth $3.4B

Worth Change +$0.0B

Country Chile

Industry Fertilizer

Age 80 Years

Gender M

Worth As Of May 4, 2026

Last Refreshed 27 Jul 2026, 12:00 AM

Residence Santiago, Chile

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Personal Stats

Age 80

Source Of Wealth Fertilizer, Self Made

Residence Santiago, Chile

Citizenship Chile

Marital Status Divorced

Children 1

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

Previous Net Worth $3.4B

Current Net Worth $3.4B

Worth as of May 4, 2026

About Me

Julio Ponce Lerou owns a 17% stake in Sociedad de Quimica y Minera de Chile (SQM), a publicly-traded chemicals and mining company. He resigned as chairman of SQM in 2015, citing personal reasons. SQM is one of the world's largest miners of lithium, which is used in batteries for electric cars. For almost 40 years Ponce headed SQM, which also mines and sells potassium nitrate and iodine -- chemicals used in fertilizers. He is a former son-in-law of the late Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, and SQM was privatized by Pinochet's government in the 1980s.

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Current Net Worth: $3.4B (May 4, 2026)