Grupo Bimbo S.A.B. de C.V. was founded in 1945 by a group of businessmen led by Lorenzo Servitje Sendra as a baking and distribution business in Mexico City. The idea…
Cosan S.A. is a sugar and ethanol empire tracing its roots to the city of Piracicaba in the Brazilian state of São Paulo after its foundation by Italian immigrants in…
The Panamanian economy is vibrant and growing steadily with real GDP growth in high-single digits. In fact, with economic measures having been implemented after the overthrow of Manuel Noriega while…
The telecom industry in Latin America is solid with two main telecom players across the subcontinent. Accordingly, the two main telecom operators in Latin America are América Móvil S.A.B. de…
Grupo Suramericana de Inversiones S.A., also known as Grupo SURA, is an amazing holding company that controls some of the most prominent blue chips in Colombia. In fact, these blue…
The Techint Group, known formally as Grupo Techint S.A de C.V., is quite a formidable conglomerate focused on steel primarily with tentacles dispersed widely around the globe after reaching countries…
Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S.A. is a massive financial entity in Colombia controlled by the the wealthiest magnate in the country and prominent billionaire Luis Carlos Sarmiento Angulo. In…
Peruvian entrepreneur Carlos Rodríguez-Pastor led an amazing and aggressive expansion in Peru of a conglomerate he controls constituting a diverse holding of a sizable number of companies. In fact, with…
Gerdau S.A. is one of the biggest steelmakers in the Americas specializing primarily in long steel products such as reinforcing steel and servicing the civil construction, automotive, agricultural machinery and…
The banking industry in Latin America is solid and growing steadily. In fact, for the purpose of this study, I think is helpful for me to distinguish between an emerging…