Agustín Coppel Net Worth

Agustín Coppel has an estimated net worth of $1.5 billion, according to Forbes Real-Time Billionaires, Agustín Coppel profile (figures as of October 20, 2026). That is down from a peak of $1.6 billion.

Agustín Coppel Luken is a Mexican businessman and the chairman of Grupo Coppel, the Mexican retail and financial services giant. He was born in 1961 in Culiacán, Sinaloa, and earned a degree in marketing from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education.

His father, Enrique Coppel Tamayo, founded the business in Sinaloa in 1941. Agustín started at the bottom, working the registers at Coppel stores, then running clothing and furniture departments and later a whole store, before rising to become the group's director of marketing and distribution operations.

He and his wife are avid collectors of contemporary art and founded the non-profit Colección Isabel y Agustín Coppel to support art projects and research. In 2013 he received the Montblanc de la Culture Arts Patronage Award, and in 2024 he won the Gold Medal of the Americas Society. He also supports the Culiacán Botanical Garden and sits on the board of the Mexicanos Primero foundation.

How Agustín Coppel made his money

Coppel stores are known for offering credit to customers, and after World War II they began letting shoppers pay in weekly installments. In 1982 his eldest brother, Enrique, took over management. Agustín led the move into finance: in April 2007 he became the first president of the new BanCoppel, and in November 2007 he led the purchase of mortgage lender Crédito y Casa.

In 2008 he became CEO and chairman of Grupo Coppel. He pushed the company abroad, launching operations in Brazil and Argentina in 2010, and in 2015 led the purchase of the discount store chain Viana. The family owns 100% of the group, which has more than $8 billion in sales. It explored a stock market listing in 2018 but put the plans on hold. In 2024 it announced an investment of over $700 million in store upgrades, a smaller carbon footprint and more than 100 new stores. In July 2025 his nephew, Diego Coppel Sullivan, became CEO while Agustín stayed chairman.

How Forbes has valued Agustín Coppel

Forbes first listed Coppel on the World's Billionaires List in 2024, with a net worth of $1.6 billion. His figure dipped to $1.4 billion in 2025.

It returned to $1.6 billion on the 2026 World's Billionaires List. As of October 20, 2026, the Forbes real-time billionaires tracker showed $1.5 billion.