What is Patagonia Sur?

What is 

Patagonia Sur? 

BUSINESS OVERVIEW 

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An innovative blend of conservation + capitalism, Patagonia Sur is a 

for-profit conservation venture that: 

• Acquires and manages large land networks in Chilean Patagonia. 

• Develops and nurtures a diverse portfolio of environmentally sensitive 

businesses. 

• Expects to provide competitive financial returns to investors while 

permanently protecting vast expanses of Chilean Patagonia. 

ASSETS 

More than 100,000 acres of scenically remarkable 

and ecologically valuable properties. 

US$30 million of equity capital from Chilean and 

global investors. 

World-class business and conservation team with 

offices in Santiago, Puerto Varas and New York. 

BUSINESS PORTFOLIO 

• Limited Development 

• Eco-Tourism Membership Club 

• Carbon Offsets 

• Eco-Brokerage Services 

• Sustainable Agriculture 

• Sustainable Forestry 

• Sustainable Aquaculture 

• Water Resources 

GOALS 

15+% IRR to investors. 

Permanent protection of millions of acres of land 

and sea. 

Social and economic development in harmony with 

the region’s incredible natural environment. 

Inquiries@PatagoniaSur.com www.PatagoniaSur.com CHILE La Concepción 141, Of. 304, Santiago, Chile • +56 2 897 3538 UNITED STATES 515 Madison Avenue Suite 1500, New York, NY 10022 • +1 917 300 1076

Diversify Your 

Portfolio by Investing 

in Conservation 

INVESTMENT OVERVIEW 

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I invested in Patagonia Sur for three 

reasons. First, this investment is a 

land-backed security—it’s real and 

tangible. Second, my investment in 

Patagonia Sur is completely 

uncorrelated to any of my other 

investments. And third, I am intrigued 

by the concept of applying market 

principles to conservation. 

. 

Bill Lyons 

CEO (Retired), American Century Investments 

Our investors—from Chile, the United States, and elsewhere around the 

world—share the vision that investing in Patagonia Sur is good for their 

portfolios, their families, and the environment. 

All investors have pro-rata ownership of Patagonia Sur, LLC, a Delaware 

registered company that owns all the underlying property and business 

opportunities generated by our work in Chile. 

Shares in Patagonia Sur are currently priced at $350,000 and half shares 

are available at $175,000. To encourage larger investments, we also offer 

Major and Institutional packages of 4 and 12 shares, which come with 

additional benefits. 

HALF SHARE 

NVESTOR 

FULL SHARE 

INVESTOR 

MAJOR 

INVESTOR 

INSTITUTIONAL 

INVESTOR 

SHARES 0.5 1 4 12 

PRICE US$175,000 US$350,000 US$1,400,000 US$4,200,000 

EXPIRE APRIL 2012 STOCK OPTIONS 0 0 1 5 

REQUIRED FOUNDATION DONATION 5%, US$8.750 5%, US$17,500 5%, US$70,000 4%, US$168,000 

ONE-TIME *MEMBERSHIP CLUB FEE* US$40,000 US$35.000 US$30,000 US$25,000 

SEAT ON OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE No No No Yes 

RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL ON LAND SALES Yes Yes Yes Yes 

ECO-BROKERAGE SERVICES DISCOUNT No 20% 30% 40% 

*Note that investors do not have the automatic right to use the Patagonia Sur Nature Reserve’s properties and facilities, but all have the 

option to join the Membership Club. 


Simplifying the 

Process of Private 

Conservation 

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CLIENT 

PATAGONIA 

SUR 

Patagonia Sur’s Eco-Brokerage Team specializes in successfully simplifying 

and managing the process of buying land in Patagonia. 

We have an intimate knowledge of the region, and we want conservationoriented 

buyers looking for their own property at this end of the world to 

benefit from the vast experience we have gained from acquiring and 

managing our own extensive land portfolio. 

SCOUTING 

TITLE STUDIES 

NATURAL 

RESOURCES RIGHTS 

ASSESSMEN T 

SITE VISITS 

LEGAL 

ASSESSMENT 

NEGOTIATION 

Our promise to you and to Chilean Patagonia is to represent only those 

buyers intent on developing and using their properties in a manner that is 

consistent with Patagonia Sur’s Sustainable Land Use Philosophy. 

Patagonia Sur’s Eco-Brokerage Team represents buyers only. As a result, 

our clients’ best interests are singularly represented. 

In addition to property acquisitions, our Eco-Brokerage Team can help with: 

PROPE RTY 

OWNERSHI P 

SUSTAINABLE 

DEVELOPMENT 

PROPE RTY 

MANAGEMENT 

• Analytical Services: Providing site reports, strategic analyses, and 

rights and title reports. 

• Property Management: Maintaining and protecting your assets in an 

ecologically-responsible way. 

• Infrastructure Development: Designing sustainable eco properties 

and building them on-time and on-budget in this remote part of the world. 


Creating a Family 

Legacy in Patagonia 

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Our time in Patagonia was fantastic. 

What was incomparable to any other 

travel experience was how we were 

welcomed and included like family and 

treated as pampered guests. Every day 

was filled with one new experience after 

another, punctuated by breathtaking 

beauty, delicious family meals and 

delightful people. 

Laura Roosevelt and Charles Silberstein 

The Patagonia Sur Nature Reserve is a network of stunning, “best of the best” 

properties in Chilean Patagonia. This outstanding collection will encompass 

more than 100,000 acres of extraordinary highlights that are unique in the world: 

pristine coastal areas, scenic river valleys, spectacular lake frontages, soaring 

glacier-covered volcanoes, fjords, verdant forests and unspoiled wildlife habitats. 

The Patagonia Sur Nature Reserve is now offering charter memberships in its 

adventure & conservation-oriented Membership Club. The Club’s 

accommodations, amenities and services are available exclusively to club 

members and their guests. Membership will be limited to 100 families from 

around the world who will enjoy an heirloom of family experiences and outdoor 

adventures in this magical and storied land. 

We have developed a variety of carefully selected activities, including fly fishing, 

horseback riding, river & sea kayaking, mountain biking, nature walks & hiking, 

white water rafting, river float trips, sea safaris, bird watching, and community & 

conservation projects. With resident caretakers, professional chefs, on-site 

sporting and safety equipment, and experienced, bilingual guides, we have 

taken the guesswork out of your travel to Patagonia. 

The Membership Club is committed to sustainable eco-tourism and believes that 

you’re in Patagonia to enjoy yourselves and to experience nature fully. To this 

end, we have purposely kept all infrastructure modest in scale, to preserve the 

dominance of the natural landscape. Our goal is to create a restorative place for 

you to rest, refresh, and recharge, so you’re ready for another exhilarating and 

memorable day outdoors.raleza. 


Corporate Commitment 

to Environmental 

Stewardship 

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Patagonia Sur embodies Audemars 

Piguet’s values of authenticity and 

innovation, as well as our longstanding 

corporate support of environmental 

conservation and education projects 

around the world. We are honored to 

be a founding Corporate Conservation 

Circle member of this spectacular 

venture. 

Francois Bennahmias 

President & CEO, 

Audemars Piguet, North America 

Patagonia Sur’s Corporate Conservation Circle (C 3 ) will be comprised of twelve 

corporations from around the world that have a demonstrated commitment to 

environmental stewardship. 

These corporations will receive the following benefits: 

CORPORATE CONSERVATION CIRCLE BENEFITS 

• Category exclusive association with Patagonia Sur, which is rapidly becoming 

one of the world’s premier conservation, sustainable development, research and 

environmental projects. 

• Membership in a cohesive circle of like-minded, non-competing companies with 

whom future partnerships can be forged. 

• Participate in Patagonia Sur’s exclusive annual C 3 Corporate Sustainabillity Summit. 

• Rights to the Patagonia Sur Nature Reserve Membership Club, allowing our C3 

members to bring clients, retailers, and employees to the extraordinary Patagonia Sur 

properties for retreats, seminars, team building, entertaining, and guided educational 

and recreational use. 

• A package of carbon offsets from the Patagonia Sur Reforestation and Biodiversity Project 

that can be used to neutralize the carbon emissions of all or a part of your business. 

• Participation in outreach and communication efforts related to the Patagonia Sur project, 

including features online, printed marketing materials, and public relations campaigns. 

• Customized cross-promotion possibilities for C 3 members with Patagonia Sur’s businesses. 


UNIVERSITY CONSERVATION CIRCLE 

Environmental 

Stewardship for 

Students | Faculty | Alumni 

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Patagonia Sur’s University Conservation Circle (UC 2 ) will be comprised of 

twelve universities from around the world that have a demonstrated awareness 

and distinction in the field of sustainability through internships and volunteer 

work, research projects, travel and excursions. 

UNIVERSITY CONSERVATION CIRCLE BENEFITS 

• A native-species forest planted in your school’s name will serve as both an offset 

for your university carbon footprint, and as a research area for students and faculty. 

• Opportunities to engage alumni, faculty and parents in the school’s sustainability 

initiatives. 

• Exclusive access to Chile’s fabled Patagonia through study-abroad trips, student 

internships, and faculty research opportunities. 

• Opportunities for alumni excursions at The Patagonia Sur Nature Reserve that 

include guided fly-fishing, horseback riding, kayaking, mountain biking, hiking, 

white water rafting, sea safaris, and community conservation projects. We have 

resident caretakers, professional chefs, on-site sporting and safety equipment, 

and experienced bilingual guides available. 

• Collaboration in both research, and in the development of sustainability initiatives, 

with other member universities from around the world. 

• Interaction with the local community of Palena, in Chile’s X Región de Los Lagos, 

on projects involving environmental education and stewardship. 


Go Carbon Neutral: 

Measure, Reduce, 

Offset 

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Carbon dioxide emissions (CO 2 ) are created every time we use electricity, 

heat our homes, drive our cars, take a flight, or consume goods and 

services. Collectively, these CO 2 emissions contribute to climate change, 

which is expected to cause significant detrimental ecological, social, and 

economic risks and impacts. 

OUR CARBON OFFSET PROGRAM 

Through Patagonia Sur’s Reforestation and Biodiversity Project, we 

create carbon offsets that take action now to reduce or neutralize your 

CO 2 emissions. 

Following internationally recognized standards, we have begun to plant 

millions of native-species trees on our properties in Chilean Patagonia, 

which will eliminate CO 2 , create sustainable local jobs, and improve the 

biodiversity of native wildlife. 

Individuals, businesses and institutions that want to meet their Green 

Initiative can purchase carbon offsets generated by the Patagonia Sur 

Reforestation and Biodiversity Project and thereby reduce their carbon 

footprint. 

Las Vegas Color Graphics is excited to partner with Patagonia Sur to offset 

our carbon emissions and to engage our customers in our carbon offset 

program by tracking Patagonia Sur’s activities as trees are planted across 

thousands of acres in Patagonia, Chile. 

Heidi Bridges 

President, Las Vegas Color Graphics 

• Instituto Forestal (INFOR) conducts baseline 

studies of sequestration rates and verifies that 

real carbon reduction would not have occurred in 

the absence of the project. 

• Patagonia Sur plants native-species trees as part 

of a large-scale reforestation project that also 

benefits native wildlife. 

• Project is expected to sequester 1.5MM tons 

CO2. 

• CONAF (Chile’s National Forestry Service) verifies 

that the trees are planted and maintained. 

• Patagonia Sur has established a reserve plantation 

that duplicates 20% of all trees planted. In case 

of a fire, invasive species, or disease, this reserve 

will ensure that offsets are not compromised. 


Patagonia Sur’s 

Principals 

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Patagonia Sur’s principals possess a unique blend of management backgrounds, investment 

expertise, proven entrepreneurial skills, and indepth knowledge of Chile and Patagonia 

Warren Adams 

Founder & 

CEOUnited States 

An entrepreneur and pioneer in the field of social networking, Warren founded PlanetAll.com, 

which Amazon.com acquired in 1998. Upon leaving Amazon, Warren turned his professional 

attention to advising and investing in early-stage entrepreneurial enterprises through his fund, 

Vineyard Ventures. After traveling in Patagonia, Warren was motivated by the region’s 

incredible natural beauty to apply his business acumen toward acquiring, conserving, and 

protecting large tracts of pristine land there, culminating in the 2007 establishment of 

Patagonia Sur. Warren received a BA from Colgate University and an MBA from Harvard 

Business School. 

Felipe Valdés Arrieta 

Founder & Principal 

Chile 

Felipe has spent the last seventeen years developing technology start-ups in Latin America, 

most recently as founder and CEO of Tiaxa, a Santiago-based billing clearinghouse for 

wireless operators throughout Latin America and Asia. An avid climber and outdoors 

enthusiast, he has explored and trekked throughout Patagonia, Alaska, Africa, and the 

Himalayas. Felipe has collaborated with many wilderness conservation, education 

enhancement, and poverty alleviation initiatives. He authored Energy Conservation Potential 

in Chile for the International Institute for Energy Conservation. Felipe holds an Aerospace 

Engineering degree from Princeton University. 

Steve Reifenberg 

Founder & Principal 

United States 

Steve is Executive Director for the Kellogg Institute for International Studies at the University 

of Notre Dame. From 1988 through 2009, Steve worked at Harvard University on international 

issues. Among other roles, he served for seven years as Executive Director of Harvard’s David 

Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS) in Cambridge, MA, before moving to 

Santiago, Chile, to open Harvard’s first university-wide international office and directing it 

from 2002 through 2009. Steve earned a Master in Public Policy from Harvard’s John F. 

Kennedy School of Government, a Master in Print Journalism from Boston University, and a 

B.A. in Philosophy from the University of Notre Dame. 

Henry Tepper 

Chief Conservation 

Officer & Principal 

United States 

Henry spent twenty years as a leader in land conservation in both the United States and 

abroad. He joined Patagonia Sur after serving for two-and-a-half years as the Vice President 

of State Programs for the National Audubon Society. At Audubon, Henry oversaw ten state 

programs in the eastern United States, as well as Audubon’s Atlantic Flyway Conservation 

Initiative. He previously worked for thirteen years at The Nature Conservancy (TNC). While at 

the Conservancy, Henry led his programs through the completion of a series of landscapescale 

forest conservation projects, conserving more than 400,000 acres. Henry also launched 

and continues to serve as the senior U.S. advisor to the Chilean Private Lands Conservation 

Initiative. Henry has a B.A. from the University of Michigan and an M.A. and Admission to 

Doctoral Candidacy from Cornell University. 

Aristides Benavente 

Principal 

Chile 

Aristides was a stockbroker in Santiago from 1988 to 1993. Since then, he has been involved 

in retail, as owner and CEO of Komax SA, a company dedicated to bringing high-end consumer 

apparel brands, such as Polo Ralph Lauren, The North Face, Brooks Brothers, Gap, and 

others to the Chilean market. Aristides is also Director of the Rodelillo Foundation, an 

organization that works with families, teaching them the long-term skills to lift themselves out 

of extreme poverty. Aristides loves nature, especially Patagonia, a region whose land, people, 

and social and economic projects he knows extremely well an area he considers unique in the 

world and full of dreams. Aristides is an avid horseman and is the champion in Chile of 

endurance horse-drawn carriage racing. Aristides holds a degree in Civil and Industrial 

Engineering from the University of Chile. 


Benefitting the 

People and Land 

of Patagonia 

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The Patagonia Sur Foundation encourages conservation and promotes social 

and economic development in Chilean Patagonia in harmony with the region’s 

incredible natural environment. 

The Foundation is a U.S.-based 501(c)(3) and is directly funded by Patagonia 

Sur’s shareholders. To support the Foundation’s work, shareholders donate 5% 

of their capital investment when they purchase shares in Patagonia Sur, and a 

portion of their profits when they divest their shares. The Foundation also raises 

additional funds for specific projects via grants and private donations. 

The Patagonia Sur Foundation cooperates with local, national, and international 

institutions and individuals to advance initiatives that benefit the people and land 

of Patagonia. The Foundation’s current initiatives include: 

• Development of a world-class marine research station with a focus on the 

study and preservation of blue whales. 

• A community-based program to teach sustainable, organic gardening 

methods allowing comunity members to provide high quality produce. 

• Collaboration with the Chilean Forestry Agency (CONAF) to develop a 

management plan for the Lago Palena National Reserve. 

• An English program in local schools that will enable students to participate 

in the region’s growing eco-tourism opportunities. A program to help local 

craftspeople recover lost traditional art forms and develop sustainable 

business models.Desarrollo de un plan de administración para la Reserva 

Nacional Lago Palena en colaboración con la Corporación Nacional 

Forestal de Chile (CONAF). 


CHILE 

La Concepción 141 Of. 304 

Providencia, Santiago, Chile 

+56 2 897 3538 

Inquiries@PatagoniaSur.com 

www.PatagoniaSur.com 

ESTADOS UNIDOS 

515 Madison Avenue Suite 1500 

New York, NY 10022 

+1 917 300 1076 

Inquiries@PatagoniaSur.com 

www.PatagoniaSur.com

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