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The company began as a family-owned furniture manufacturing company called Salinas & Rocha founded in 1906 by Salinas' great-grandfather, Benjamin Salinas. In 1950, Hugo Salinas Rocha created Grupo Elektra and when Ricardo Salinas became CEO of the company in 1987 he refocused Elektra on basic products: appliances, electronics, and furniture.
Apr 23, 2018 · Ricardo Salinas Pliego recounts the development and growth of Grupo Salinas, a diversified group involved in the television, telecommunications, and banking sectors. Driven by an interest in economic theory he inherited from his father, Pliego obtained a BA in accounting in 1977 and an MBA at Tulane University in 1979.
He is founder and chairman of the board of Grupo Salinas, a group of dynamic, fast growing, and technologically advanced companies in the media, retail, financial services and telecommunications. Today the Group employs more than 110,000 people in six countries.
The origin of Grupo Salinas begins with a store called "Salinas y Rocha" founded in 1906 in Monterrey. [citation needed] In 1950, Grupo Elektra began as a radio factory. Two years later, the company began manufacturing television sets and increased its workforce to 70 employees.
Sep 23, 2013 · Ricardo B. Salinas: Latin America must address challenges to sustainable growth, including strengthening the rule of law and improving transparency and accountability.
- Skoll World Forum
Sep 17, 2023 · Ricardo Salinas Pliego is one of the three richest men in Mexico with a fortune of US$15 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaire Index. Son of businessman Hugo Salinas Price, his conglomerate Grupo Salinas is involved in telecommunications, banking, financial services and energy businesses.
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Jul 10, 2024 · Chairman and founder of Grupo Salinas, the conglomerate that owns the second largest broadcasting company in the country: TV Azteca. With a fortune of 11.2 billion dollars, Ricardo Benjamín Salinas Pliego is the third richest Mexican according to the ranking of the magazine Forbes of 2019.
