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Alejandro Santo Domingo
Born (1977-02-13) 13 February 1977 (age 47)
NationalityAmerican/Colombian
EducationHotchkiss School
Alma materHarvard University
Occupation(s)Business executive, financier
SpouseLady Charlotte Wellesley (m. 2016)
Parent(s)Julio Mario Santo Domingo
Beatrice Dávila
RelativesJulio Mario Santo Domingo, Jr. (half-brother)
Andrés Santo Domingo (brother)
Tatiana Santo Domingo (niece)
Lauren Santo Domingo (sister-in-law)

Alejandro Santo Domingo (born 13 February 1977) is a Colombian-American financier and philanthropist.

Early life and education

He is the son of Julio Mario Santo Domingo and his second wife, Colombian socialite Beatrice Dávila. He is the brother of Andres Santo Domingo Dávila and half-brother of Julio Mario Santo Domingo, Jr. Braga (1958 – March 2009), who was the only child of Julio Mario Santo Domingo and his first wife, Brazilian socialite Edyala Braga.

He was educated at the Hotchkiss School, followed by a bachelor's degree in history from Harvard University.[2][3]

Career

His work centers on managing his family's conglomerate, the Santo Domingo Group. He is the chairman of Grupo Empresarial Bavaria S.A., a privately owned subsidiary of SABMiller, of which he is vice-chairman for Latin America. His partner is his maternal cousin, Carlos Alejandro Pérez Dávila, a former Goldman Sachs investment banker who helps him manage the family portfolio.[3] Along with said cousin, he is also the managing director of the New York-based Quadrant Capital Advisors, Inc.[2] In 2009, Santo Domingo was elected to the Board of Trustees on the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[4]

Philanthropy

He is a director of Colombia's Endeavor, an international non-profit development organization that aims to find and support high-impact entrepreneurs in emerging markets and is member of the Latin America Conservation Council of The Nature Conservancy. He is a director of DKMS Americas, a non-profit organization and the largest bone marrow donor center in the world. With over 3.6 million registered donors, Delete Blood Cancer is leading the fight against blood cancer by empowering people to take action, give bone marrow, and save lives. [5] He is active in the family’s foundation, which is a major player in helping Colombia’s poor. He is also a generous donor and has championed ecological and conservancy causes.[citation needed]

Personal life

Santo Domingo has a house in Southampton, New York. During the years he has been seen with several famous socialite girlfriends, which have included heiress Amanda Hearst, editor Karen Larrain and models Eugenia Silva and Julie Henderson.[6]

In July 2015 his engagement to Lady Charlotte Anne Wellesley, daughter of Charles Wellesley, 9th Duke of Wellington and HRH Princess Antonia, Duchess of Wellington and great-great-granddaughter of the late German emperor Wilhelm II.[7] They were married in Illora, near Granada, Spain, on 28 May 2016. [8]

Alejandro and his wife are expecting their first child. [9]

Ancestry

Family of Alejandro Santo Domingo
4. Julio Mario Santo Domingo
2. Julio Mario Santo Domingo Pumarejo
20. José Domingo Pumarejo Daza
10. Luis Gregorio Pumarejo Quirós
21. Ciriaca Quirós Daza
5. Beatriz Elena Pumarejo Vengoechea
11. Beatriz Vengoechea Dávila
1. Alejandro Santo Domingo
24. Manuel Dávila García
12. General Juan Manuel Dávila Pumarejo
25. Rosa Pumarejo Quirós
6. Carlos Dávila Ordóñez
26. Francisco Ordóñez Rodríguez
13. Josefina Ordóñez Reyes
27. Isabel Reyes Gutiérrez
3. Beatriz Dávila Rocha
14. Pablo Rocha Dordelly
7. Beatriz Rocha Schloss
15. Emma Schloss Valenzuela

See also

References

  1. ^ "Alejandro Santo Domingo Davila". Forbes. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Children of Fortune", Vanity Fair (June 2009 edition); accessed 3 May 2014.
  3. ^ a b Tully, Kathryn: "Outside interests," The Guardian
  4. ^ Metropolitan Museum of Art website; accessed 3 May 2014.
  5. ^ DKMS Americas website; accessed 3 May 2014.
  6. ^ "Engaged! Inside Alejandro Santo Domingo and Lady Charlotte Wellesley's Romance". Avenuemagazine. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  7. ^ "Mr A. Santo Domingo and Lady Charlotte Wellesley". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  8. ^ "Duke of Wellington triumphs in wedding dress battle as daughter Lady Charlotte Wellesley weds billionaire financier in Spain". The Telegraph. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  9. ^ Santo Domingo et Lady Charlotte Wellesley attendent un bébé. Pure People (2 April 2017).