Juan Carlos Escotet Rodríguez (born 1959) is a Spanish-Venezuelan billionaire banker and the founder of Banesco, the largest private financial institution in Venezuela.
He began his work life performing errands for Banco Union in Venezuela in 1976 during which he also attended night school.
[2][3] After earning his MBA, Escotet worked as an executive for Sociedad Financiera Latinoamericana and then creating his own financial group.
[4] Escotet founded Banesco, which is now the largest private financial institution in Venezuela.
[4][2] He owns other branches in Miami, Panama, Colombia, Curaçao, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.