Leonardo Farkas

Leonardo Farkas, The Musician, The Businessman And The Philanthropist.

Many people stand out in different areas of life, some of them are successful businessmen, others are famous musicians and others stand out for its contribution and cooperation with the neediest; However there are very few who are successful in these three areas at the same time. Leonardo Julio Farkas Klein is one of them. Today he is famous for being a successful musician known worldwide, a respected businessman and is also admired for sharing his fortune with those who need it most.

A successful musician; Leonardo Farkas in the Decade of 1980, at the age of 20 years, travelled to United States to work as musician piano bar of nightclubs. He made career in the world of the spectacle of “Las Vegas” and Miami, and his number came to be known as The Orchestra Man). He also did animation in Europe. Leonardo finally fulfilled the dream of his father, who always wanted that his son was an internationally recognized musician coming to share the stage with artists such as Tom Jones and Julio Iglesias.

The Businessman; After its father died in 2004, he decided to return to Chile to assume the familiar business in the north of Chile in the mining of the iron. Then became exporter of iron to China, Farkas goals were 10 million tons a year and the profit transformed it into iron « magnate of the iron » despite competing with the monopoly of the “Compañía de Acero del Pacífico”. Among its principal businesses the company “Minera Santa Fe” and “Santa Barbara”, are with more than 2,000 workers. It is famous for the benefits to their workers, and pay the ethical salary.

The philanthropist; Farkas donated personally 235 million dollars in the 2008 Telethon, and 1,000 million ($2 million) at the next year. This becomes him that more money had been donated to the Foundation. On December 25, 2008; Farkas donated 226 million Chilean pesos for the memorial of the poet Pablo Neruda in Isla Negra. In January 2010 he went to Haiti, devastated by the earthquake, and donated food and water. Later it would do the same in Chile, after the earthquake of February 27, 2010, where Farkas donated about 200 million dollars in food to the area’s most affected of south. On August 23, 2010, Leonardo Farkas gave $10,000 in checks to each of the families of the 33 miners trapped in the San Jose mine collapsed. He also collaborates with Chilean athletes like gymnast Tomás González, supporting it with 80 million pesos in sports teams.

In conclusion, Leonardo Farkas has had a life full of success. Known as a brilliant and talented musician, obtaining great achievements in the mining business, but certainly one of his passions in life was helping others. Always when he has been required has shared his fortune unconditionally, with those

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