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The Matte family is a rich, powerful and influential Chilean family of Catalan origin. According to Forbes Magazine, their wealth amounts to US$2,700 million (2007).

Family origins

The Matte family's rise to power began in the XIX century when Francisco Javier Matte and his wife opened a textile store in downtown Santiago. In 1855 their son Domingo (who fathered 16 children) opened a bank in Valparaíso with two of his sons, Augusto and Eduardo.

Prominent members

Claudio Matte: created the Matte syllabary and was rector of the University of Chile
Augusto Matte: Lawyer, diplomat, deputy and senator; also Finance Minister and Justice Minister
Luis Matte Larraín
Eugenio Matte Hurtado
Arturo Matte Alessandri
Luis Matte Valdés: minister under Salvador Allende
Eliodoro Matte Ossa: owner of the Compañía Manufacturera de Papeles y Cartones paper mill (La Papelera) who famously protested president Allende's attempt to nationalize it
Patricia Matte Larraín: president of the Primary Instruction Society, owner of several schools for poor children in Santiago
Eliodoro Matte Larraín: president of conservative and influential think-tank Public Studies Center (Centro de Estudio Públicos, CEP)
Bernardo Matte Larraín

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 *[http://www.lnd.cl/prontus_noticias/site/artic/20070415/pags/20070415005301.html "La sostenedora de la elite"] ''[[La Nación (Santiago)|La Nación]]''
 *[http://www.cosas.cl/Index.aspx?txtBuscador=&id_tipo=1329&id_tema=2022&IDDoc=1052625 “La sagrada familia”: Un recorrido por las dinastías chilenas] ''[[Revista Cosas]]''