Daniel Farkas
| Daniel Farkas | |
|---|---|
| Born | Daniel Farkas 1 December 1924 Europe |
| 27 February 2004 (aged 79)[1]27 February 2004 (aged 79)[1] | |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| 👩 Spouse(s) | Catalina Klein |
| 👶 Children | Leonardo Farkas |
Daniel Farkas Berger (1924–2004) was a businessman and immigrant in Chile of Hungarian Jewish origin. He is the father of Leonardo Farkas. Farkas and his wife emigrated from Transylvania in the Kingdom of Romania to South America in 1939.[2] Farkas was one of various Hungarians in Chile active in iron mining in southern Atacama Region, in a geological region known as the Chilean Iron Belt.[3] He was one of the businessmen that remained independent at a time when fellow Hungarian Andrés Andai rapidly expanded his mining operations in the 1950s.[4] Daniel Farkas worked at the Compañía Minera Santa Bárbara, a company led by Andai's rival Emérico Letay, where the brothers of his wife, Francisco and José Klein had each a 30% stake.[4][5] Despite not being among the original owners Daniel Farkas came with time to control the company.[6][4] Over time Farkas also developed his own mining businesses including CONFAR which he owned together with Carlos Conca in the late 1950s and 1960s.[7][4] The poor working conditions in the mine of Sosita –in which Farkas was identified as being in charge– were denounced in the Congress of Chile in 1966 by Senator Julieta Campusano.[8]
Farkas lost much of his wealth with the nationalization of mines in Brazil in the 1950s and with the Allende administration's nationalization of iron mining in 1971.[4] The remaining mines owned by Farkas closed in 1977.[9]
Besides mining business Farkas came to own a glass bottle factory and had large agribusiness properties in Atacama Region owning Hacienda Atacama and Pisco Alto del Carmen.[9] Farkas was also the owner of a glass bottle factory.[4]
References
- ↑ "Iortzait Círculo Israelita de Santiago" (PDF). La Palabra Israelita: El Semanario Judío de Chile (in español). 2017-03-03. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
- ↑ Barrionuevo, Alexei (2010-11-20). "Mine Owner's Flair Rankles Chilean Elite". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
- ↑ Millán, Augusto (1999). Historia de la minería del hierro en Chile (in Spanish). Santiago de Chile: Editorial Universitaria. pp. 113 & 119. ISBN 956-11-1499-2.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link) Search this book on
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Jancsó, Katalin (2018). "Húngaros en la industria minera de Chile". Encuentros Europa-Iberoamérica en un mundo globalizado (in español). Budapest: Centro Iberoaméricano, Universidad de Pécs. pp. 72–75. ISBN 978-615-5848-04-9. Search this book on
- ↑ Millán, Augusto (1999). Historia de la minería del hierro en Chile (in Spanish). Santiago de Chile: Editorial Universitaria. p. 110. ISBN 956-11-1499-2.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link) Search this book on
- ↑ Selman Calavaro, Carla (2007-03-18). "La codiciada fiesta de Farkas". El Mercurio (in español). Retrieved 2025-10-28.
- ↑ Zambra, Jorge Eduardo (2018). "Década del '60: Ascenso y auge". Huasco Esencial [Essential Huasco] (in español). Ediciones Mediodía en Punto. p. 152. ISBN 978-956-9170-35-5. Search this book on
- ↑ Campusano, Julieta (1966). IRREGULARIDADES EN MINERAL SOSITA, DE VALLENAR (ATACAMA). Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Pérez Guerra, Arnaldo (2007-08-09). "Farkas, empresario extravagante". La Insignia (in español). Retrieved 2025-10-28.
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