Lorenzo Mendoza
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Lorenzo Mendoza Giménez (born October 5, 1965) oversees Venezuela
's largest privately held company, $ 4 billion (sales) Empresas Polar
. He is the son of Lorenzo Alejandro Mendoza Quintero and Leonor Giménez Pocaterra.
and an M.B.A. in 1993 from the MIT Sloan School of Management
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Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
's largest privately held company, $ 4 billion (sales) Empresas Polar
Empresas Polar
Empresas Polar is a Venezuelan corporation, that started as a brewery founded in 1941 by Lorenzo Alejandro Mendoza Fleury in Antímano, Caracas. It is the largest and best known brewery in Venezuela, but has since long diversified to an array of industries, mostly related to food processing and...
. He is the son of Lorenzo Alejandro Mendoza Quintero and Leonor Giménez Pocaterra.
Early life
Mendoza received his Bachelors Degree at Fordham UniversityFordham University
Fordham University is a private, nonprofit, coeducational research university in the United States, with three campuses in and around New York City. It was founded by the Roman Catholic Diocese of New York in 1841 as St...
and an M.B.A. in 1993 from the MIT Sloan School of Management
MIT Sloan School of Management
The MIT Sloan School of Management is the business school of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Cambridge, Massachusetts....
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