Top 10 Wealthiest People In Peru 2025

Based on the information that is currently available from Forbes and other sources, the following list provides an overview of the top ten wealthiest individuals in Peru for the year 2025. The mining industry, the cosmetics industry, the banking industry, and the food production industry are just few of the industries in which these individuals have earned substantial fortunes. In the following, you will find a comprehensive summary of each individual, including their principal sources of wealth and their estimated net worth, if it is available.

List Of Top 10 Wealthiest People In 2025

1. Eduardo Hochschild

Hochschild Group chairman Eduardo Hochschild runs a Peruvian mining and industrial company. He became the family business’s head in 1998 after joining as a mining safety assistant in 1987. Hochschild Mining, a major element of the group, runs gold and silver mines in Peru, Chile, and Argentina and is listed on the London Stock Exchange. Hochschild is the chairman of UTEC and presides over Cementos Pacasmayo, a significant cement company listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Hochschild Mining stock prices and dividends increased his wealth in 2025.

2. Alberto Benavides

The Benavides family patriarch, Alberto Benavides de la Quintana, created Compañía de Minas Buenaventura in 1953, which became one of Peru’s greatest gold and silver mining businesses. Benavides, a Harvard-educated engineer, shaped Peru’s mining industry. After Buenaventura died in 2014, his son Roque Benavides controlled his family’s wealth. His worth was estimated at $2 billion by Forbes in 2013, but updated data is unknown.

3. Mario Brescia Cafferata

The Grupo Brescia, created by their father Fortunato Brescia Tassano, was run by Mario Brescia Cafferata and his late brother Pedro. Fishing (TASA, the world’s largest fishmeal manufacturer), mining (Minsur), hospitality (Intursa, including the Westin Lima Hotel), and finance are all part of the business.

4. Ana Maria Brescia Cafferata

Ana Maria Brescia Cafferata, daughter of Fortunato Brescia Tassano, inherited 30% of Grupo Brescia. Her riches, controlled by her brothers Pedro and Mario and now by her nephews Alex and Fortunato Brescia, is related to the group’s agriculture, mining, finance, and real estate portfolio. In 2023, Forbes rated her at 1905 with a $1.5 billion wealth. She remains a major influence in Peru’s economy.

5. Vito Rodriguez Rodriguez

In 1967, Vito Rodriguez Rodriguez and his brother Jorge formed José Rodríguez Banda SA, a transportation company for the mining industry. Gloria, Peru’s largest evaporated milk producer, was acquired in 1986. In 2014, the brothers bought 51% of Bolivia’s largest cement maker, Soboce, to expand their Latin American food and cement operations. Vito was not on Forbes’ 2020 list, but in 2021, it assessed his wealth at $1.4 billion.

6. Rosa Brescia Cafferata

Ana Maria’s sister Rosa Brescia Cafferata owns 30% of Grupo Brescia. Her son Alex Fort Brescia manages her fortune, which her late husband Paul Fort managed until 2004. Forbes assessed Rosa’s worth at $1.6 billion in 2015 from its fishing, mining, hospitality, and financial businesses. She also works with CPAL, an NGO that helps hearing-impaired youngsters learn.

7. Jorge Rodriguez Rodriguez

As the brother of Vito Rodriguez, Jorge Rodriguez Rodriguez is a co-founder of José Rodríguez Banda SA and currently holds the position of president of Grupo Gloria. Jorge, an industrial engineer who has completed postgraduate studies at Leeds and Reading Universities in England, has been the driving force behind the group’s expansion into the food and cement industries across Latin America.

8. Carlos Rodriguez-Pastor

Carlos Rodriguez-Pastor, the Chief Executive Officer of Intercorp, is truly one of the most influential corporate people in Peru. Following the passing of his father, he assumed control of Banco Internacional del Perú (Interbank) and subsequently built Intercorp into a sprawling conglomerate that encompasses several sectors, including retail (Plaza Vea and Vivanda), real estate (Real Plaza), education, and finance. The expansion of Peru’s middle class has been beneficial to his wealth, which Forbes assessed to be $1.7 billion in the year 2015. 2015 saw him achieve a worldwide ranking of 1142.

9. Juan Fernando Belmont Anderson

It is anticipated that Yanbal International had revenues of $720 million in 2013, and Juan Fernando Belmont Anderson serves as the president of the company. Yanbal International is a rapidly expanding cosmetics company. Following the dissolution of his relationship with his brother Eduardo in 1988, he renamed Yanbal and expanded its operations to Spain as well as eight nations in Latin America.

10. Eduardo Belmont Anderson

After severing ties with his brother Juan Fernando in 1988, Eduardo Belmont Anderson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Belcorp, established a cosmetics empire. With more than 850,000 independent salespeople, Belcorp is a multinational corporation that works in 14 countries across Latin America and the United States. In 2013, the company’s revenues increased to around $1.6 billion, despite the fact that they were lower than the previous year.