Net Worth:
$2 billion
About Pablo Escobar
One of the people who are well known worldwide Pablo Escobar net worth has been reported to have an estimate of 2 billion dollars. Even if some people do not know from where he got such a huge amount of money, they still know the name Pablo Escobar. To other people he is well known and it is basically due to his involvement into drug industry. By some people he is referred to as a drug lord. Thus, this is the most important source of Pablo Escobar net worth.
Born in 1949, Pablo Escobar whose full birth name is Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria was not only successful but also rich drug dealer and trafficker. He was one of the most wanted criminals in Columbia. He was so rich and wealthy that he was able to let himself spend money on various luxurious residencies, buy the most expensive cars, airplanes and yachts.
In addition to getting involved into drug industry, Pablo Escobar was shortly involved into political sphere of Columbia in 1986.
Pablo Escobar was born in a village called Rionegro which is established in Columbia. Moreover, he was one of the seven children of the family. His father was a farmer and his mother was a teacher at an elementary school. When Pablo Escobar was only a teenager he began getting involved into various crimes which increased the overall amount of Pablo Escobar net worth a lot.
At first, he started stealing gravestones and selling them to local smugglers. However, this information was denied by one of his brothers, Roberto Escobar, who stated that the gravestones were gotten from cemetery owners who gave them those gravestones which were put on the graves of people who were not attended by anyone. Moreover, Roberto Escobar claimed that they had a relative who was involved into legitimate business of monuments.
Moreover, before getting involved into his major crimes and drug business, Pablo Escobar studied in the University of Antioquia from which he eventually dropped out.
One of the most popular crimes in which Pablo Escobar was involved included small petty crimes, robberies, selling contraband material such as cigarettes and lottery tickets. Apparently, he was so successful that Pablo Escobar net worth increased till 2 billion dollars.
Before he got involved into drug business, Pablo Escobar kidnapped Medell’in executive and asked for a 100 thousand dollars ransom. His dream was to become a millionaire out of working for smugglers which he did later.
