History Grupo Cisneros




1 history

1.1 d. cisneros & cia.: 1929-1953
1.2 cisneros group of companies: 1953-1970
1.3 venevisión: 1961
1.4 cisneros group of companies: 1970-2013
1.5 univision: 1992-2007
1.6 directv latin america: 1995-present
1.7 grupo cisneros: 2013-present





history
d. cisneros & cia.: 1929-1953

diego cisneros, founder of cisneros group of companies


grupo cisneros founded in 1929 in venezuela diego cisneros , elder brother antonio josé cisneros small material transport business called d. cisneros & cia. brothers obtained license operate bus route , transformed dump truck business bus business. in time, cisneros brothers created bus line made of 400 buses, sold in 1939.


in 1939, d. cisneros & cia. became exclusive franchiser norge, hamilton watch company, , reo truck brands in venezuela. in 1940, rapid growth led acquisition of exclusive license manufacture , bottling concession of pepsi-cola products in venezuela, established company s fortune. in 1944, company founded liquid carbonic, produced carbon dioxide other beverage products.


in 1947, d. cisneros & cia. went on represent car maker, studebaker, in venezuela, , in 1952 founded helados club ice cream company, later renamed helados tio rico, s.a., , known tio rico ice cream, , became country s largest ice cream maker.


cisneros group of companies: 1953-1970

in 1953, d. cisneros & cia. consolidated commercial , industrial entities under 1 corporate structure, called cisneros group of companies.


in 1968, company founded gaveplast, company produced plastic crates , cases retail businesses beer , carbonated soft drink industries in south america.


venevisión: 1961

the 1958 fall of venezuelan president marcos pérez jiménez, created many economic setbacks. included 1 of televisa s investments in venezuela, televisa (venezuela) aka televisión venezolana independiente sa, went bankruptcy. in 1960, president of venezuela, rómulo betancourt, proposed cisneros purchase televisa. cisneros purchased televisa, , began airing channel 27 on february 27, 1961, resuming uninterrupted transmissions on march 1, 1961. cisneros re-branded televisa (venezuela) venevisión on 27 february 1961.


cisneros group of companies: 1970-2013

in 1970, when diego cisneros had stroke, leadership of company transferred 2 of sons. in february 1970, ricardo josé cisneros became chief operating officer of cisneros, , in march 1970, gustavo cisneros, graduating college, assumed position of chairman , chief executive officer of grupo cisneros.


univision: 1992-2007

in 1992, part of consortium of american businessman jerry perenchio, mexican entrepreneur emilio azcárraga milmo, , grupo cisneros bought univision $500 million. grupo cisneros held 25% stake in univision , 12.5% stake in univision station group. consortium ended sellling univision $13.7 billion in 2007.


directv latin america: 1995-present

in 1995, grupo cisneros partnered hughes electronics corporation provide all-digital direct-to-home satellite television service throughout latin america.


grupo cisneros: 2013-present

in august 2013, gustavo cisneros appointed daughter adriana cisneros de griffin new chief executive officer of grupo cisneros. adriana had spent 5 years working vice president of strategy.








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