Brazilian entrepreneur and economist Jose Isaac Peres has an estimated net worth of $1.9 billion as of March 2013 according to Forbes. He is the 27th richest person in Brazil and is ranked 792nd in the list of World Billionaires.

Mr. Peres has acquired his estimated net worth of $1.9 billion with Multiplan, the shopping mall developer that he founded in 1975. It currently manages 17 malls in Brazil. Through the firm, his net worth was up by $400 million. He serves as the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, President and Member of the Board of Executive Officers.

Before Multiplan, Jose Isaac Peres founded his first company, the real estate developer Vepan, when he was 22 years old and still an economic student at the Universidade do Brasil. He is also a founding member of the Brazilian Association of Shopping Centers or ABRASCE as well as of the Association of Managers of Real Estate Companies.