Gustavo Cisneros

Who is Gustavo Cisneros?

Gustavo A. Cisneros Rendiles is a Venezuelan-born Dominican media mogul of Cuban descent. He is among the world’s richest men according to Forbes magazine, which estimated his fortune at US$4.0 billion in 2014. The New York Times calls Cisneros, "one of Latin America’s most powerful figures" and says he and his wife, Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, have a reputation for being "a Latin American power couple in business and the global social scene."

Cisneros resides in the Dominican Republic since the 1990s and holds the Dominican citizenship. Cisneros has been developing a multi-billion dollar resort in Miches, near Punta Cana, which as of 2014 still under construction.