Leonardo Farkas Net Worth

He has stakes in several industries, the mining sector being the most important and lucrative. Farkas is widely known in Chile by his appearances in the Chilean telethon a fundraising campaign for handicapped children. Farkas donated hundreds of millions of pesos, and in 2008, donated 1000 million pesos (US$2 million) becoming the first individual to donate such amount of money to this campaign. During the rescue operation in Copiapó, Chile of the trapped miners, Farkas donated a US$10,000 check for each of the 33 rescued men. Farkas reportedly gave the checks in the miners’ names to each of the families and set up a separate fund to collect donations. Farkas is also known as a patron of many other charities, including the March of the Living an annual educational program which brings students from all over the world to Poland, to study the history of the Holocaust and examine the roots of prejudice, intolerance and hate.