«I want to thank that giant who has accompanied me throughout this entire process. He is a giant who usually remains in darkness and his name is Santiago Caputo. He is the architect of all this.» One of the first thanks from the president-elect Javier Milei in his speech he went to a man close to Mauricio Macri, Santiago Caputo. Who he is, his role in the campaign and why La Libertad Avanza believes he was key in the race for the Casa Rosada.
Caputo studied computer engineering for three years at the National Defense University, but left to study Political Science at the University of Buenos Aires. He came to La Libertad Avanza with the help of his friend, the legislator and former candidate for head of the Buenos Aires Government, Ramiro Marra: Both were in high school at the Belgrano School in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, another link that remains from that time is the legislator. Eugenio Casielles.
He joined the campaign as a candidate for deputy of Javier Milei in 2021 and, slowly, became the political communication advisor most valued by the ultraliberal economist.
Caputo’s ties and ties with the PRO are undeniable: he is the son of the former president of the College of Notaries of the city of Buenos Aires, Claudio Caputo, nephew of Nicolas “Nicky” Caputo, the owner of the technology company Mirgor and “bosom friend” of former President Macri. Furthermore, he is also the nephew of Luis «Toto» Caputothe former Macrista Finance Minister, who was nicknamed «the Messi of finance» and ended his administration with a void of dollars in reserves.
Now Caputo He is part of the president-elect’s small table, to the point that he was the only leader in his environment whom he mentioned by name and surname in his first speech as president-elect, even before Victoria Villarruel, the vice president-elect. «I want to thank that giant who has accompanied me throughout this entire process. He is a giant who usually stays in the dark and is called Santiago Caputo and it is the true architect of this«said the economist during his speech.
His first steps as a political consultant were with the guru Jaime Durán Barba, whom he did approach through “contacts.” There he met Santiago Nieto and Roberto Zapatatwo men from the PRO who worked closely in the Cambiemos campaign in 2015.