Julio Mario Santo Domingo

In 2005 jet-setting beer magnate swapped control of his Bavaria brewery for 15% of SABMiller, now worth $8 billion. Other holdings include stakes in Colombia's biggest TV broadcaster Caracol, packaging maker Biofilm and forestry outfit Refocosta. Born into a rich family with interests in breweries, took over management of its holdings in 1972 after his father retired. No longer involved in daily operations. Has homes in New York City, Paris. Also owns a private island, Baru, off the Caribbean coast of Colombia. Close friend of Colombian author and Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Son, Andres, appears in U.S. gossip columns with socialite wife, Vogue magazine editor Lauren Davis. His oldest son, Julio Mario, died in 2009 in New York, reportedly from cancer. Mr. Santo Domingo is survived by his second wife, Beatrice Davila, and two sons, Alejandro and Andrés. Santo Domingo had lived since the 1980s in the famous apartment building at 740 Park Avenue in Manhattan that has also been home to Rockefellers, Guggenheims and Vanderbilts.