GREEN RANKING FOR 2009
Ranking: 46=
Worth: £700m
Green investment: Conservation

Sebastian Pinera, one of the richest men in Chile, is running for president this year. Armed with a Harvard economics doctorate, Pinera founded Bancard, Chile’s credit card giant. His other interests span aviation and real estate. He also created Parque Tantauco over 120,000 windswept hectares located on an island near Patagonia. He has promised to make conservation of offshore blue whales and inland virgin forests a top priority. The not-for-profit Fundacion Futuro, where Pinera is president, is looking into water preservation and renewable energy projects. His wealth was put at £900m by Forbes early last year. We clip Pinera back to £700m now.