Chilean billionaire
In this
Spanish name , the first or paternal
surname is
Ponce and the second or maternal family name is
Lerou .
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]
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