Emilio Azcárraga Jean
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Emilio Fernando Azcárraga Jean (born 1968 in Mexico City) is a Mexican businessman and the son of Emilio Azcárraga Milmo and his third wife, Nadine Jean a French citizen. Even when he's the third Emilio in the family, he cannot be called Emilio Azcárraga III due to the lack of a royalty naming. Attended Lakefield College School in Ontario Canada, and Universidad Iberoamericana until fifth semester. He became the CEO of Grupo Televisa at the age of 29, after the death of his father. He is one of the richest businesspersons in Latin America with a fortune estimated at 1.6 billion dollars according to Forbes. He is also a Board Member of Teléfonos de Mexico, Univision and Banamex.
Emilio Azcárraga Jean is also the cousin of Gaston Azcarraga of Mexicana de Aviación. There were three brothers: Raul, Gaston and Emilio Azcarraga Vidaurreta. Raul died without issue and left his portion of Televisa to his brother Emilio. The branch Azcarraga Milmo comes from the original branch of Milmo Vidaurri/ Vidaurri Borrego of the Vasquez Borregos.
Azcárraga Jean is widely credited for turning around Televisa into the prosperous company it is today after the death of his father. Azcárraga, together with his close friends and colleagues José Bastón, Alfonso de Angoitia Noriega and Bernardo Gómez were able to bring Televisa back from a near bankruptcy. The four of them are known in Mexico as the "Fantastic Four". However, his close relationship with Bernardo Gómez Martínez has tainted Azcárraga's and Televisa's image in recent years for his continuous initiatives to embark the company in a wide array of dealings that range from the ethically objectionable to the outright unlawful such as the Televisa Law and the relationship with TV Promo.
Azcárraga Jean is also a global board member of Endeavor (non-profit).
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