Stars Companies

Stars Companies

Stars Companies traces its origin to 2009 when Felipe Ibáñez Scott organized the office around the proceeds from the Walmart acquisition of Distribución y Servicio. His brother Nicolás Ibáñez Scott participated in the original supermarket business. The structure remains a single-family office without external capital commitments. Deployment spans private equity buyouts and growth equity, real estate direct ownership, hedge fund allocations and venture capital commitments. The firm executes through direct co-investments and SPVs rather than primary fund commitments. Confirmed holdings include 103 Mount Street and 33 Kingsway in London plus 624 Yale in Seattle and 929 MASS in Cambridge. Geographic reach covers Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania and South America. The team lists four named principals. Patricio Leighton serves as CEO and Jorge Gutiérrez as director. Additional offices are not disclosed. The firm belongs to the Asociación de Empresas Familiares and the Urban Land Institute. It maintains Fundación Ibáñez Atkinson as a separate philanthropic vehicle. Ownership stays within the Ibáñez Scott family branch with no external limited partners or succession vehicles disclosed. Decision authority rests with the patriarch and the two operating partners who have advised the family across multiple decades.