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Who is Eduardo Elsztain, the Argentine businessman invested in the Falkland Islands?

From La Nación · () Spanish

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  • Argentine businessman Eduardo Elsztain became the focus of attention after his minority stake in the strategically important Falkland Islands Company became known.
  • He leads or chairs several companies and belongs to business organizations including the World Economic Forum, the Council of the Americas and Argentina’s AEA.
  • Elsztain has developed close ties with President Javier Milei, including by providing the Hotel Libertador as Milei’s campaign headquarters.

Eduardo Elsztain, one of Argentina’s most prominent businessmen, has drawn public attention after it emerged that he is a minority shareholder in the Falkland Islands Company, a company with major strategic and economic importance in the Falkland Islands.

Elsztain has described the investment as a way to strengthen social, economic, cultural and productive ties through an Argentine company that could help advance Argentina’s sovereignty claim. His business interests span real estate, finance, technology and agribusiness. He is chief executive of IRSA and chairs the boards of CRESUD, Banco Hipotecario, BrasilAgro, Austral Gold and Consultores Assets Management, among other companies.

He is also a member of the World Economic Forum, the Council of the Americas, the G-50 business group and the Argentine Business Association. He founded Endeavor Argentina, a nonprofit organization connecting high-impact entrepreneurs, and serves as vice president of the World Jewish Congress.

I am an optimist about Argentina. I am convinced that work and investment are ways to serve and transform. I believe in the fruits of effort and in the long term. Investing is an act of active hope, a way to undertake and to live.

· Eduardo ElsztainElsztain’s self-description in his LinkedIn biography.

Through IRSA, Elsztain is active in the hotel industry. He owns or co-owns the InterContinental Hotel in Montserrat, the Libertador Hotel in Buenos Aires’ San Nicolás district and the Llao Llao Hotel in San Carlos de Bariloche. The latter is jointly owned with the Alvear Group and hosts an annual forum for business leaders and political debate.

Elsztain also moved closer to politics through Javier Milei. Their formal relationship began at the Llao Llao Forum in April 2023, when Milei, then a presidential candidate, presented his proposals to business leaders. Months later, Elsztain made the Libertador Hotel available as Milei’s campaign headquarters, and Milei lived there during the campaign and his first months as president. Their relationship also reflected Milei’s interest in Judaism. Elsztain joined him at Montefiore Cemetery in Queens, where the rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, known as the Lubavitcher Rebbe, is buried.

Strengthen social, economic, cultural and productive ties through an Argentine company that could help with the sovereignty claim.

· Eduardo ElsztainHis stated explanation for investing in the Falkland Islands Company.
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