Hugo Salinas Price
Hugo Salinas Price | |
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 Hugo Salinas Price in 2009 | |
| Born | March 11, 1932 |
| Other names | Hugo Benjamin Salinas |
| Alma mater | Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM) Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) |
| Occupation | Electronics Retailer (Retired) |
| Spouse(s) | Esther Pliego de Salinas |
| Children | Ricardo Salinas Pliego Esther Salinas Pliego Guillermo Salinas Pliego Rebeca Salinas Pliego Norah Emilia Salinas Pliego |
| Parent(s) | Hugo Salina Rocha Norah Price |
Hugo Salinas Price (born March 11, 1932) is a Mexican business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. He is the founder of Mexico's Elektra retail chain. The current head of Elektra is his son Ricardo Salinas Pliego. Elektra began as a factory assembling electronic appliances for the Salinas y Rocha chain, a national retailer of appliances. Elektra then set up a direct sales operation offering appliances on installments. Hugo Salinas Price currently is retired from retailing and focuses on being a proponent of a sound financial policy for Mexico.[1] Salinas Price is President, Mexican Civic Association Pro Silver, A.C.
Birth and education[]
Salinas was born on March 11, 1932[2] in Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania, his mother's home town.[3] He graduated from the Academy of the New Church Secondary Schools in 1949.[4] He studied at the Wharton School from University of Pennsylvania, at the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM) and law from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM).
Career[]
- Has served as Grupo Elektra's Honorary President since 1993.
- From 1952 to 1987, he was a Director of the company.
- He is now President of the Asociación Cívica Mexicana Pro-Plata A.C., which he founded in 1997.
External links[]
- Plata.com.mx (in English) (Obsolete)
- Plata.com.mx (in English) (New)
- Hugo Salinas interviewed by GoldMoney Foundation
References[]
- A speech by Hugo Salinas Price August 25, 2016 http://www.plata.com.mx/Mplata/articulos/articlesFilt.asp?fiidarticulo=293
- ^ "The Dollar Vigilante: An Interview with Hugo Salinas Price on a Return to a Silver Mexican Peso". Archived from the original on March 15, 2016. Retrieved May 20, 2011.
- ^ New Church Life 1932, p. 241
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 15, 2016. Retrieved May 20, 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ New Church Life 1949, p. 380
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