Expanding its holdings in Chile, Rossi also leaded the group abroad, making a deal with Scandinavian paper maker Stora Ensa in 2009 to build a eucalyptus pulp mill in Uruguay. The Angelini Group continued its expansion, and by the end of 2010 it purchased a 59% stake in Proenergia, a Colombian gas and fuel distributor, for $45 million. Additionally, Roberto Angelini Rossi is the CEO of Empresas Copec S.A., Chile’s leading forestry industry conglomerate and one of the largest in the world. The company is mostly active in the forestry industry through Arauco (Celulosa Arauco y Constitución), but it is also present in the electric energy segment, through Empresa Eléctrica Guacolda, and in mining via Sociedad Minera Isla Riesco and Minera Can-Can. Plus, it has the highest volume of production, sales, and forestry assets in South America, and it holds investments in Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay. The billionaire, who was ranked by Forbes as #5 among wealthiest people in Chile for 2012, is married with four children.
