Julio Ponce Lerou is a Chilean billionaire who is the principal shareholder of Soquimich. [1] He is a former son-in-law of Augusto Pinochet. [1] [2] Until 1982 he was president of Chilean state-owned forestry company Complejo Forestal y Maderero Panguipulli while he was simultaneously president of CELCO, a wood pulp company. [2]
Ponce is currently accused of a millionaire fraud and embezzlement that affects the pension funds of millions of Chilean citizens under what is known as the "Cascadas" case. [3] [4] [5]
In his youth, he attended the University of Concepción, where studied medicine for a year. [6] Then, he finished his Bachelor of Arts at the University of Chile. [6]
Julio Ponce Lerou is a Chilean billionaire who is the principal shareholder of Soquimich. [1] He is a former son-in-law of Augusto Pinochet. [1] [2] Until 1982 he was president of Chilean state-owned forestry company Complejo Forestal y Maderero Panguipulli while he was simultaneously president of CELCO, a wood pulp company. [2]
Ponce is currently accused of a millionaire fraud and embezzlement that affects the pension funds of millions of Chilean citizens under what is known as the "Cascadas" case. [3] [4] [5]
In his youth, he attended the University of Concepción, where studied medicine for a year. [6] Then, he finished his Bachelor of Arts at the University of Chile. [6]