At just eighteen years old, Camila Capriles Mileo lives a life reminiscent of a Latin-accented Succession script. Traveling between New York, Miami, Paris, and Madrid, she flies in her private Gulfstream G-450, where a Japanese chef prepares sushi and sashimi to her taste. From the sky, she looks down upon the world her family—a controversial and wealthy presence from Venezuela—has built over decades, blending political power, media influence, public wealth, and European high society.
Camila is the firstborn of Armando “Coco” Capriles Capriles, heir to the Capriles clan—former owners of the media conglomerate Cadena Capriles—and Corina Mileo Trotta, a direct descendent of Spanish nobility. Together, they represent the ideal fusion of Venezuelan new money and European blue blood. Their family fortune, estimated at over two billion dollars, was built upon financial, real estate, and currency exchange ventures during the peak of chavismo and now discreetly expands into Spain, Portugal, and Switzerland.
Between Private Skies and European Aristocracy
Born in New York and educated in both the United States and Europe, Camila embodies the ideal of a new Latin American royalty: cosmopolitan, young, athletic, with no visible political past and a noble surname. She resides between her Upper East Side apartment—one of Manhattan’s most exclusive areas—and the family mansions in Paris (Avenue Foch), Gstaad, London, Los Roques, and the Bahamas, where she enjoys kitesurfing and skiing.
In Madrid, her parents own a dream penthouse overlooking El Retiro Park, decorated by Pascua Ortega. From there, Camila mingles with Spanish aristocracy and the European jet set: Tatiana Santo Domingo and Andrea Casiraghi, Natalia Vodianova and Antoine Arnault, the Medina Sidonia, Abelló, Del Pino families, and the children of Naty Abascal, a close family friend.
Not only is she a frequent guest within noble circles; her father drives her into them. In 2023, Armando Capriles initiated a lawsuit in Spanish courts to claim the marquisate of Irache with grandeur from Spain, currently held by Luis Alexis Villanova-Ratazzi Ferrán, a descendant of Napoleon. The legal argument is based on the lineage of Camila’s mother, Corina Mileo, whose great-grandmother, Elia Barrera González de Aguilar-Ponce de León and Fernández-Golfín, was a direct descendant of Christopher Columbus and was related to the Alba, Medinaceli, and Alburquerque families. “The descendants of Elia have a better right to the title,” sources from the family circle affirm.
An Inheritance Among Stained Fortunes
Camila belongs to one of the most powerful families in Venezuela. Her great-grandfather, Miguel Ángel Capriles Ayala, founded the Cadena Capriles, the largest publishing group in the country, owner of Últimas Noticias, El Mundo, and Kena. Their influence was so significant that, for half a century, no Venezuelan president could govern without negotiating with the Capriles.
The empire fragmented with chavismo: while some clan members were sidelined, others—such as Armando “Coco” Capriles—adapted to the new power. “Coco” amassed a monumental fortune during the currency control years, engaging in financial operations endorsed by Nelson Merentes, the former president of the Central Bank of Venezuela, and José Gregorio Vielma Mora, former head of the SENIAT.
Documents from the Suisse Secrets case revealed that Armando Capriles managed accounts at Credit Suisse with balances exceeding 140 million Swiss francs, opened between 2014 and 2016, coinciding with his indirect involvement in the scandal surrounding Francisco “Pancho” Illarramendi, the Venezuelan financial advisor convicted in the U.S. for a fraud exceeding 700 million dollars.
His name also appears in the sale of properties to the Venezuelan State at inflated prices—such as the Centro Capriles and the Torre Provincial—during chavismo’s boom, as well as in transactions with the sanctioned businessman Raúl Gorrín, who publicly confirmed in 2021 that he had sold him a vessel for 281,000 dollars.
Corina Mileo: The Blue Blood of the Clan
Camila’s mother, Corina Mileo Trotta, combines the glamour of Sevilla’s aristocracy with the refinement of Caracas’s high society. A descendant of families like the Barrera, Aguilar, and Ponce de León, she maintains an active social life between Miami, Madrid, and Italy. A close friend of Naty Abascal and philanthropist Santi Chumaceiro, she has participated in charitable events with Venezuelan exiles and personalities.
In 2021, she celebrated her birthday in Miami with a performance by the musical duo SanLuis, while in Spain she alternates between fashion shows and Madrid’s cultural circuit. On social media, she often appears alongside her daughter at art events or in exclusive resorts in Comporta and Marbella.
The New Face of the Dynasty
Camila, however, is trying to build her own story. She studies Music Industry Studies at Loyola University of New Orleans, where she explores her interest in music production and composition. She has been a soccer player, an amateur DJ, and a lover of contemporary art. In her aesthetic, she mixes luxury with androgyny: unisex outfits, retro glasses, short hair, and an attitude that challenges the classic mold of an heiress.
Far from frivolity, she projects an image of modernity, always framed by symbols of power: private jets, friendships with the European elite, and a multimillion-dollar inheritance that blends money, nobility, and controversy.
A Life Between the Capriles and the Crown
Despite her youth, Camila has been seen in high-profile environments, including trips with former King Juan Carlos I and Infanta Elena. In 2021, she joined her parents on a private flight to Abu Dhabi to celebrate the 83rd birthday of the former Spanish monarch, in a small group that included her mother’s uncle, the Marquis of La Sauceda.
Her father, Armando Capriles, has real estate interests in Madrid through companies like Sunny Selirpac and Monina Inversiones, with declared capital exceeding 19 million euros. His ties to the Spanish royalty and business sector mark the latest link in a family that has adeptly reinvented itself over three generations: from media power to financial influence, from chavismo to aristocracy.
The Future of an Heiress
Camila Capriles Mileo represents the new face of Latin American heirs: global, sophisticated, and strategically silent. In her, three legacies converge: that of Venezuelan wealth arising from old monopolies, that of Spanish nobility her family claims in court, and that of a generation attempting to rewrite their history while downplaying their fortune’s origins.
Onboard her jet, between New York and Madrid, Camila symbolizes the continuity of a lineage that knows no borders. A dynasty that exchanged press power for financial might, influence for noble titles, and silence for a new form of elegance: the luxury without questions.