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Some bankers in the world are really wealthy.
Here we take a look at some of the richest bankers, according to Business Insider.
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Uday Kotak
Net worth: $4.1 billion
Bank: Kotak Mahindra Bank, founder
Age: 53
Country: India
Fun fact: He's India's first billionaire banker.
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Joseph Safra
Net worth: $13.8 billion
Bank: Grupo Safra
Age: 73
Country: Brazil
Fun fact: He's Brazil's wealthiest banker.
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Luis Carlos Sarmiento
Net worth: $12.4 billion
Bank: His financial services conglomerate, Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores, owns four banks.
Age: 79
Country: Colombia
Fun fact: Donated 400 apartments to Colombian families affected by landslides and heavy rain.
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Petr Kellner
Net worth: $8.2 billion
Bank: PPF (investment fund that owns banks), co-founder
Age: 47
Country: Czech Republic
Fun fact: Got his start selling office supplies.
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Sulaiman Al Rajhi & family
Net worth: $5.9 billion
Bank: Al Rajhi Bank, co-founder
Age: 92
Country: Saudi Arabia
Fun fact: He has 23 children.
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Teh Hong Piow
Net worth: $5 billion
Bank: Public Bank, founder
Age: 82
Country: Malaysia
Fun fact: He's treated as a national hero in Malaysia; for his birthday his employees arranged for him to be driven around in a golf cart by a supermodel.
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Aloysio de Andrade Faria
Net worth: $4.2 billion
Bank: Banco Real (which he sold most of) and Banco Alfa
Age: 91
Country: Brazil
Fun fact: Reportedly owns 150 pure-bred horses.
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Wee Cho Yaw and family
Net worth: $3.8 billion
Bank: United Overseas Bank, chairman
Age:83
Country: Singapore
Fun fact: His family owns nearly 25 per cent of Tiger Balm, an iconic Chinese ointment.
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Bruno Schroder and family
Net worth: $3.4 billion
Bank: Schroders, non-executive director
Age: 79
Country: United Kingdom
Fun fact: Raises Middle White pigs and flies his private plane as a hobby.
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Andre Esteves
Net worth: $3 billion
Bank: BTG Pactual, CEO
Age: 43
Country: Brazil
Fun fact: Worked up to his position as CEO of BTG from a spot in the IT department.
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Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair and family
Net worth: $2.6 billion
Bank: Mashreq, founder
Age: 57
Country: United Arab Emirates
Fun fact: The Al Ghurair family conglomerate is looking to invest in Libya.
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Pedro Moreira Salles
Net worth: $2.7 billion
Bank: Itau Unibanco, chair
Age: 52
Country: Brazil
Fun fact: Rumoured member of Group of Fifty, non-profit group of Latin American executives.
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Othman Benjelloun
Net worth: $2.3 billion
Bank: BMCE Bank
Age: 79
Country: Morocco
Fun fact: He started out in insurance, and used the proceeds from his company to build the bank.
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Abdullah Al Rajhi
Net worth: $2.2 billion
Bank: Al Rajhi Bank, co-founder
Age: N/A
Country: Saudi Arabia
Fun fact: Also has a big stake in Islamic bank Al Baraka Banking Group.
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Alexander Svetakov
Net worth: $1.7 billion
Bank: Absolut Bank (sold to Belgian KBC Group), founder
Age: 44
Country: Russia
Fun fact: His bank was sold for $983 million.
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Roustam Tariko
Net worth: $1.5 billion
Bank: Russian Standard Bank
Age: 50
Country: Russia
Fun fact: Created Russian Standard vodka.
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Roman Avdeev
Net worth: $1.3 billion
Bank: Credit Bank of Moscow, owner
Age: 44
Country: Russia
Fun fact: He has 20 children - 16 of whom are adopted.
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Roberto Hernandez Ramirez
Net worth: $1.3 billion
Bank: Banamex (sold to Citigroup), former CEO
Age: 70
Country: Mexico
Fun fact: Made about $2 billion from Banamex's sale to Citi.
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Julio Bozano
Net worth: $1.3 billion
Bank: Banco Bozano, Simonsen (sold to banco Santander Central Hispano), co-founder
Age: 76
Country: Brazil
Fun fact: He is said to have over 300 horses on farms around the world.
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Emilio Botin
Net worth: $1.1 billion
Bank: Banco Santander, head
Age: 77
Country: Spain
Fun fact: His family has a Swiss bank account, though its holdings are unknown.
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Alfredo Harp Helu and family
Net worth: $1 billion
Bank: Banamex (since sold to Citigroup), former head
Age: 68
Country: Mexico
Fun fact: Cousin of Carlos Slim Helu.