Nicolás Cirilo Ibáñez Scott (born 11 May 1956) is a Chilean economist and businessman commonly known for having been the owner of the supermarket Líder,[1][2] a shareholder of Papa John’s,[3] and for founding and financing the libertarian think tank Fundación para el Progreso (FPP) and its icon Axel Kaiser.
[7][8] As a result, he has been attacked by progressive e-newspapers like El Desconcierto[9] (left-wing) or The Clinic[8] (centre-left), who have referred to him as a Pinochetist businessman.
[9][8] Likewise, other centre-left media like El Mostrador have criticized him[10][11][12] for his defense of the Pinochet dictatorship[13][14] and his role with the FPP.
[6] In March 1975, he was based in Chile and began to study economics at the School of Business of the Adolfo Ibáñez University (UAI), which was founded by his paternal grandfather.
[citation needed] In 2012, Ibáñez founded the Fundación para el Progreso and appointed Axel Kaiser as its CEO as he was finishing his PhD at Heidelberg University.