Historically, these families built their fortunes on massive coffee estates ( fincas ) and later diversified into banking, industry, and telecommunications. Prominent names associated with this group include:

As the meeting adjourned, the scions stepped out into the night. They retreated to their armored SUVs, driven by men with earpieces who knew every shortcut through the capital. They passed the glowing signs of the Multiplaza and the towers of the World Trade Center—monuments to their own endurance.

The concept of the original 14 families is no longer a static club. However, the best of these families share three survival tactics:

14 richest families in El Salvador best

Today, the surviving members of these dynasties have diversified into banking (Banco Agrícola, Banco Cuscatlán), industry (Grupo CEL, Grupo Poma), and mass media (Telecorporación Salvadoreña). Here are the placed to influence the nation's future.

2. The Political Impact: Seeds of Civil War

De Sola:

Historically powerful in coffee and later in industrial groups.

Quiñonez:

Historically influential in both economic and political spheres.

7. The Delgado Family