[[File:José Piñera Echenique.jpg|150px|thumbnail|José Piñera Echenique, father of the Private Pension system.]]
[[File:Countries with a private pension system.jpg|thumbnail|left|Countries that applied José Piñera's private pension system.]]
'''José Piñera''' is a [[Chile]]an [[right-wing]] [[economist]] that worked for the [[Augusto Pinochet regime (Chile, 1973–90)|Augusto Pinochet regime]]. He created the first [[Private pension accounts|Individual capitalization system]] of the world, which was replicated in many countries. He is one of the brothers of Former [[President of Chile|President]] [[Sebastián Piñera]].
As Minister of Labor and Social Security of Chile (1978-1980), Dr. José Piñera was the architect of Chile's successful private pension system.