Simón Iturri Patiño, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Simón Iturri Patiño

businessperson

Date of Birth: 01-Jun-1860

Place of Birth: Cochabamba, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia

Date of Death: 20-Apr-1947

Profession: businessperson, politician, entrepreneur

Nationality: Bolivia

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Simón Iturri Patiño (1 June 1862, in Santiváñez – 20 April 1947, in Buenos Aires) was a Bolivian industrialist who was among the world's wealthiest people at the time of his death.
With a fortune built from ownership of a majority of the tin industry in Bolivia, Patiño was nicknamed "The Andean Rockefeller".
During World War II, Patiño was believed to be one of the five wealthiest men in the world.