Billionaire clan from Colombia: who are the Santo Domingos?

Tatiana Santo Domingo rose to the European nobility through her marriage to Andrea Casiraghi. The Colombian herself comes from a dynasty worth billions. We introduce the Santo Domingo family.

In the beginning there was a crash, more precisely the stock market crash. During the Great Depression of the 1930s, when a number of companies were economically sluggish and people feared for their survival, some of the most famous dynasties started their entrepreneurial shopping spree. The Colombian Santo Domingo family also laid the foundation for their current billion-dollar fortune at this time.

The billion dollar fortune of the Santo Domingos

Julio Mario Santo Domingo, the patriarch, built up one of the most successful companies in South America with the Santo Domingo Group until his death in 1983. The family’s wealth is based on their shares in the Bavaria Brewery (later SAB Miller, today Anheuser-Busch InBev), TV channels, magazines and radio stations are also part of the lucrative empire. During his two marriages, Julio Mario Santo Domingo had three sons: Julio Mario Jr. (* 1958 –2009), Alejandro (* 1977) and Andres (* 1978). To this day, these men and their families maintain the myth of wealth, power and glamor.

But who are the Santo Domingos who, apart from the business world, present themselves sometimes more, sometimes less to the media? Which members contribute to the glamorous reputation of the dynasty, whose fortune is estimated at a proud $ 15 billion?

Tatiana Santo Domingo + Andrea Casiraghi

In 1983 Tatiana Santo Domingo was born in New York as the daughter of company heir Julio Mario Santo Domingo Jr. and his wife Vera Rechulski. The charismatic brunette and her brother Julio Mario III grew up. between the Big Apple, Geneva and Paris.

Tatiana and Andrea Casiraghi are the faces of the “new Monaco”. Together with their children India and Alexandra (called Sasha) and the baby Maximilian, they occasionally visit official appointments, but otherwise live a quiet life in London.

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The love story of Andrea Casiraghi (* 1984), the Monegasque aristocratic offspring, and Tatiana Santo Domingo is said to have begun while they were still at school in a French boarding school. The media-shy couple, who today have three children together, live far away from the royal hustle and bustle in the middle of England’s capital London. Tatiana has been running the fashion label Muzungu Sisters since 2011, which is committed to ethical production and business methods. Her glamorous boho style, for which she was already celebrated by the international press in advance, got such a creative and to this day quite successful outlet.

Andres Santo Domingo + Lauren Santo Domingo

Hardly any couple in New York society is as glamorous, attractive and well connected as Andres Santo Domingo and his wife Lauren (* 1976). The former Vogue editor from the best family married the founder and head of the record labels Kemado Records and Mexican Summer 2008 in a star-studded luxury ceremony in Cartagena, Colombia. There is no question that the exclusive pictures subsequently appeared in the Vogue fashion bible.

Andres and Lauren Santo Domingo are not only welcome guests in the world of fashion and music.  The society couple who live in New York have royal and star friends all over the world.

Andres and Lauren Santo Domingo are not only welcome guests in the world of fashion and music. The society couple who live in New York have royal and star friends all over the world.

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As the founder of the innovative fashion online shop Moda Operandi, it is mainly Lauren who is in the public eye today. This is ultimately also due to her numerous star friendships, including Dasha Zhukova, Derek Blasberg, Karlie Kloss and Zac Posen. Andres holds back with media-effective appearances, a social media profile of the manager looks in vain.

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The couple lives near Gramercy Park in Manhattan, New York, with their two children, a son and a daughter. Numerous trips, events and famous friends all over the world provide variety and shape the multicultural lifestyle of the family, which also has houses in Paris, Connecticut and Colombia.

Alejandro Santo Domingo + Charlotte Santo Domingo

It is well known that when money and nobility meet, a highly attractive and interesting pairing arises. It is no different for the glamorous couple Alejandro and Charlotte Santo Domingo. He, the rich and handsome business man from South America. You, the fairy British aristocrat with the best network.

Since their dream wedding in Íllora, Spain, in 2016 at the latest, Alejandro and Charlotte Santo Domingo have not only been a set figure in their own right, but also as a couple in international high society.  Two small children crown their love.

Since their dream wedding in Íllora, Spain, in 2016 at the latest, Alejandro and Charlotte Santo Domingo have not only been a set figure in their own right, but also as a couple in international high society. Two small children crown their love.

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Lady Charlotte Wellesley (* 1980) is the daughter of the Dukes of Wellington and, through her mother’s family, a direct descendant of Queen Victoria and the German Emperor Wilhelm II. The Oxford graduate works for star photographer Mario Testino as a producer in his London studio and has been with us since May Married to the financial expert in 2016. Their children were born in 2017 and 2019.

As of September 2021, Alejandro Santo Domingo is considered the richest Colombian with an estimated private fortune of $ 11.7 billion. He heads various family businesses within the Santo Domingo Group, sits on the board of directors of Anheuser-Busch InBev and, as the main administrator, is responsible for the clan’s huge family fortunes (organized in the New York investment firm Quadrant Capital).

Sources used: tatler.co.uk, vogue.com, bloomberg.com

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