Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta
Mexican businessman (1895–1972)
Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta (2 March 1895 – 23 September 1972) was a Mexican businessman, known for founding the entertainment conglomerate Telesistema Mexicano (now Televisa).2
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Born Mar 2, 1895, died Sep 23, 1972.1
Companies
- Estudios ChurubuscoFounder13
- Telesistema MexicanoFounder14
- TelevisaUnivisionFounder15
Early life and education
Azcárraga was born on 2 March 1895 in Tampico, Tamaulipas, to Basque immigrants Mariano Azcárraga and Emilia Vidaurreta. He started his primary education was in Piedras Negras, Coahuila. His family moved to Texas, where he attended middle school in San Antonio and high school in Austin.
He obtained distribution rights for a shoe manufacturer in Boston and, at age 23, he created the car distribution company, Azcárraga & Copland.
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Career
Occupation: entrepreneur.7
- Date not recordedFounded TelevisaUnivision3
- Date not recordedFounded Estudios Churubusco4
- Date not recordedFounded Telesistema Mexicano5
- Date not recordedFounded XEW-AM6
Personal life
Azcárraga married Laura Milmo Hickman, with whom he had three children, including Emilio Milmo. In 1899 Patricio Milmo and Sons was established as a bank to invest in such interests as railroads and mines. After the Mexican Revolution the company focused on safer investments, like the then-recently-developing radio industry.
He died on 23 September 1972 in Houston.
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- 12Wikidataaward, as reported
- 13WikidataEstudios Churubusco, Founder
- 14WikidataTelesistema Mexicano, Founder
- 15WikidataTelevisaUnivision, Founder