Luis Enrique Yarur Rey Net Worth

Luis Enrique Yarur Rey has an estimated net worth of $2.4 billion, according to Forbes Real-Time Billionaires, Luis Enrique Yarur Rey profile (figures as of October 20, 2026). That is up from $1.2 billion in 2015.

Luis Enrique Yarur Rey is a Chilean banker and heir who serves as chairman of Banco de Crédito e Inversiones, known as BCI, one of the largest banks in Chile. He was born around 1951 into the Yarur family, which founded the bank.

Besides leading BCI, he is vice chairman of the Chilean Banking Association, the industry group that represents the country's banks. That makes him one of the most influential voices in Chilean finance.

His career has been built inside the family institution, and his wealth comes from the Yarur family's controlling stake in it. Under his leadership BCI pushed beyond Chile's borders, a strategy that turned a domestic lender into a bank with operations in South America and the United States.

How Luis Enrique Yarur Rey got his money

BCI was founded by the Yarur family in 1937. Over the following decades it grew into a major retail and commercial bank, and today it is one of Chile's largest banking institutions, with more than $80 billion in assets and nearly 200 branches across Chile, Peru and Florida.

Its biggest step abroad came in 2015, when BCI bought City National Bank of Florida for $947 million. It was the first time a Chilean bank had purchased a U.S. financial institution, and it gave the group a foothold in the U.S. market. Because BCI is publicly traded, Yarur Rey's fortune follows the value of the family's shares in the bank, along with the health of the Chilean economy and the strength of the peso against the dollar.

How Forbes has valued Luis Enrique Yarur Rey

Forbes first listed him at $1.2 billion in 2015. His figure fell to $1 billion in 2016, then jumped to $1.9 billion in 2017. It was $1.6 billion in 2018 and $1.5 billion in 2019, and he appeared at $1.3 billion on the 2021 list.

After several years off the ranking, he returned at $1.3 billion in 2025. His figure then nearly doubled to $2.5 billion on the 2026 World's Billionaires List, the highest of his record. As of October 20, 2026, the Forbes real-time billionaires tracker showed $2.4 billion.

Those swings mostly reflect the bank's share price and currency moves rather than changes in his ownership, since the family has kept control of BCI throughout. His long record on the list makes him one of the best established names among Chile's billionaires.