Profil Financier
Juan Carlos Escotet occupe actuellement le rang #399 du classement mondial StarFortune (secteur finance & investissement). Fortune nette estimée : $9.2 B (-$257 sur 24h).
Juan Carlos Escotet is the founder of Caracas-based banking group Banesco.
Banesco is operational in Venezuela, Panama, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Colombia and the United States.
In 2012 Escotet bought Banco Echevarría, a 300-year-old Spanish bank, for around $90 million; the next year Echevarría bought domestic rival Abanca for $1.3 billion.
Escotet began working as a messenger for Banco Union when he was 17 while studying economics. In 1986, he founded a brokerage firm.
He added banking services in 1991, and in 2001, he merged his bank with Banco Union.
Escotet is a runner and plays aquatic sports.