Leonor Giménez de Mendoza
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Leonor Giménez de Mendoza | |
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| Born | Barquisimeto, Lara, Venezuela |
| Occupation(s) | Businesswoman, philanthropist |
Leonor Giménez de Mendoza is a Venezuelan businesswoman and philanthropist.[1] She was the president of Empresas Polar for five years and is president and founder of the Empresas Polar Foundation.[1]
Biography[edit]
Leonor Giménez was born in Barquisimeto, Lara State. She was educated at the Colegio María Auxiliadora in the same city. She spent a year in Montreal to improve her English. In 1956, after the death of her father, she travelled to Madrid with her mother. There she met Lorenzo A. Mendoza Quintero.[2] In 1959 they married in Caracas where they established their residence and had six children: Elisa, Leonor, Isabel, Lorenzo, Patricia and Juan Simon.[2] In 1976, she joined her husband in the leadership of Empresas Polar. Together, in 1977, they created the Empresas Polar Foundation.[3] Later, after her husband's death in 1987, she led the company for five years and was a member of its board of directors.[1]
She was also president of the Asociación de Damas Salesianas and member of the board of directors of the Centro de Atención Nutricional Infantil Antímano (CANIA), a non-profit institution created by Cervecería Polar in 1995.[4]
Awards and recognitions[edit]
- Paez Medal of Art (2021)[5][6]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Lavaud, María Elena (2016). TE CUENTO 75 años de Empresas Polar y su gente (PDF) (in Spanish). Biblioteca Fundación Empresas Polar. ISBN 978-980-379-370-8.
- ^ a b "Mendoza Quintero, Lorenzo Alejandro | Fundación Empresas Polar". bibliofep.fundacionempresaspolar.org (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-12-14.
- ^ TalCual (2022-04-21). "Fundación Empresas Polar cumple 45 años de aporte a la cultura". TalCual (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-12-14.
- ^ "Cania celebra 25 años de fundación". El Pitazo (in Spanish). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2022-12-22.
- ^ Ali. "Fundación Empresas Polar The Páez Medal of Arts 2021". VAEA. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
- ^ "Carolina Herrera asiste a una gala en Nueva York para celebrar la cultura y el arte". HOLA (in Spanish). 2022-12-16. Retrieved 2022-12-22.