# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/luis-carlos-sarmiento
# Generated: 2026-08-15T09:20:25.962Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/luis-carlos-sarmiento"
name: "Luis Carlos Sarmiento"
slug: "luis-carlos-sarmiento"
description: "Luis Carlos Sarmiento Angulo is a Colombian billionaire businessman and banker. His fortune derives primarily from the banking conglomerate Grupo Aval, of which he is the majority shareholder and chairman. For many years, he has been the wealthiest person in Colombia, according to Forbes and Bloomberg. As of December 2025, Forbes estimated his net worth at US$9.8 billion. He is the 9th wealthiest person in Latin America."
tagline: "Colombian billionaire"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Luis_carlos_sarmiento_angulo.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Founders"
  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1933-01-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.73
  momentum:             5.057692307692307
  historical:           7.68188
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.grupoaval.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Carlos_Sarmiento"
    title: "Luis Carlos Sarmiento"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88"
    title: "لويس كارلوس سارمينتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88"
    title: "لويس كارلوس سارمينتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Carlos_Sarmiento"
    title: "Luis Carlos Sarmiento"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Carlos_Sarmiento"
    title: "Luis Carlos Sarmiento"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Carlos_Sarmiento"
    title: "Luis Carlos Sarmiento"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88"
    title: "لوئیس کارلوس سارمینتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Carlos_Sarmiento"
    title: "Luis Carlos Sarmiento"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6700417"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump