US$ 45 one billion It would be the fortune of the Bezos family.
An expansion of the office that manages its assets is leading the father of the founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, and first investor of that company, Miguel Ángel “Mike” Bezoswith the hiring of new executives to lead the firm that manages its fortune of more than US $ 40 billion.
According to The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), the Cuban-American businessman would be carrying “a significant extension of his little family Office to support family members.” And a Chilean was the one selected to lead the expansion: Valeria Alberola, who arrived as the CEO of the family office aurora borealiswhich operates from Miami, United States, with the objective of commanding the new growth phase.
Born in Chile, but raised in Africa, Alberola lived and worked between Europe and Latin America before settling in the US, more than 20 years agohe recalled in a presentation of Endeavor, community of entrepreneurs who is a partner.
At a professional level, he graduated from the Faculty of Economics and Business of the Pontifical Catholic University and has an MBA in the American Kellogg School of Management.
In addition, it is recognized by the business community as a powerful, but empathic leader, who manages to combine both traditional financial knowledge and impact investments.
“Believe in the role of investments as a sustainable development engine, but without losing the pragmatism of what should be rented,” said a member of the local financial world, who has worked with the new CEO of Aurora Borealis.
Close to the family owner of Walmart
Alberola is new in the world of the great American family officers. Between 2017 and 2024 he exercised as CEO of Zomalab, the private office that manages the heritage of the grandson of the founder of Walmart, Ben Walton, and his wife, the Chilean also, Lucy Ana Avilés.
“As executive director, she directed all the initiatives of the family office, including global investments, philanthropic initiatives and a wide range of family office services,” he said in his LinkedIn profile.
He also exercised as an interim cio of the firm, a position in which “a team of investment professionals to strategically deploy private capital on large scale in direct funds and investments in multiple kinds of assets and thematic areas worldwide, including energy, labor and water,” he added in the social network.
The Walton Avilés maintain a close relationship with Chile through Zoma Capital, a subsidiary with which they participate in impact investments in Chilean soil.
It should be remembered that entrepreneurs were responsible for bringing the country to the world’s largest plane in combat against fire, the Jumbo 747 “Suortanker”, during the 2017 forest fires, through its South wind foundation.
Before arriving at the family of the heir of Walmart, Alberola served as Finance Manager of the International Educational Company Bridge Education Group, which reached 10 locations between the US and Latin America to deliver services to more than 3 thousand students a year.
It also accumulates steps such as Exsocia in the American Investment Bank Q Advisors, Director of Business Development at the Velocom Telecommunications Company, and as an administration consultant at McKinsey & Company. His career, meanwhile, began as a financial analyst for Citigroup in Brazil.
Fortune
Through Headhunter Russel Reynolds, Aurora Borealis is also in search of an investment director (CIO), WSJ said.
“The Investment Director would work with the CEO, but would be responsible for a wide portfolio of assets, including shares and a series of alternative investments,” said the financial environment, based on a document by Russel Reynolds.
The family office portfolios includes investments through different trusts and a foundation.
The Family Office Aurora Borealis was structured in 2020, to manage the heritage of Mike Bezos and his wife Jacklyn Bezos, who died in August, WSJ said. For its operation, the firm has a family council, while the CIO would manage a small team and work with external asset managers.
The Bezos began to generate their wealth along with their son. According to documentation sent to American regulators, Jeff Bezos’ parents gave him a loan of US $ 245,573 to start Amazon, the basis of his fortune.
With a heritage of about US $ 45 billion, according to information collected by WSJ, the businessman’s parents are located as one of the 50 most wealthy families in the world.
While they are not included in the Bloomberg ranking, it could be located over assets such as Iris Fontbona and Los Luksic (US $ 41.8 billion); the majority shareholder of Amazon, Mackenzie Scott (US $ 41.9 billion); and the son of the founder of Walmart, Lukas Walton (US $ 44.1 billion).
