Sebastián Piñera, the 74-year-old billionaire and former president of Chile, died in a helicopter crash Tuesday, The Associated Press (AP) reported.
Carolina Tohá, Chile’s interior minister, confirmed the news, according to AP.
Tohá noted that four people were involved in the crash but that only the former president was killed in the incident, BBC reported.
Piñera served two non-consecutive terms as president, holding office from 2010 to 2014 and from 2018 to 2022. He founded the successful credit card company Bancard in 1976 and had a net worth of around $2.7 billion at the time of his death, Forbes reported.