While on a business trip to Philadelphia I had the great pleasure to visit the newly reopened Barnes Foundation. What a treat! If you haven’t heard of the Foundation or been for a visit, I highly recommend doing so.
…eros Group’s oldest verticals: entertainment. Going back to the 1960s, the company’s production companies have been part of making Venezuelan telenovelas a global phenomenon. In 1992, the Cisneros Group was part of a $550 million acquisition of Univision; in 2007, the Cisneros sold their share for $13.7 billion. The move looks prescient now; Univision has seen a recent ratings slip, according to the Los Angeles Times, in part because “telenovelas,…
This past Monday I had the great pleasure of being in Spain for the opening of our family’s Amazonian collection “Orinoco: Journey to a Lost World”.
I am just returning from Washington, D.C. where I spent two days with the students of the Global Competitiveness Leadership Program.
If you like art, this is the time to go to Brazil. Here is a short guide of how to do it in three days.
Day 1: Visit the Sao Paolo Bienal (https://www.bienal.org.br/). This is the 30th edition of the Bienal, and in sixty years many think that it’s the best one yet.
…s graduating class, I’m betting given all you’ve experienced that closer to 100% of you would have stayed behind. I think the pandemic gave us the gift of making us a bit wiser, more aware, and probably even kinder, more compassionate and empathetic. This dilemma is similar to what you have experienced these past few years. As President Frenk mentioned during his remarks, you all, individually and collectively, have made personal sacrifices for th…
A few days ago we invited The Nature Conservancy to advise the writers, production team and cast of one of our current drama productions, “Corazón Esmeralda,” whose ecological context provides an excellent platform to raise awareness of the audience about the impact that our actions and daily habits have on the environment.
The Miss Venezuela 2015 pageant was not only the most watched live show in Latin America, but also served as a successful and strategic campaign to raise awareness on a very important social cause.
There are many advantages to having talent commit long-term.
Here’s a press release that I hope you will find interesting regarding our latest business venture. It’s the Cisneros group moving into additional interactive ventures, in sync with our new digital strategy. Feel free to read more about our newest enterprise by clicking the link to the news story: