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 Business people and Industrialists


 * Aida Alvarez - First Puerto Rican and first Hispanic woman to hold a sub-cabinet level position in the White House (Small Business Administrator 1997–2000).


 * Alfonso Valdés Cobián - Co-founder of Cervecería India, Inc., the Puerto Rican winter baseball league and owner of the Indios de Mayagüez (Mayagüez Indians).


 * Francisco J. Collazo - Founder of "COLSA Corporation", a first-rate provider of engineering and support services in Huntsville, Alabama.


 * Angel Ramos - Founder of Telemundo television network.


 * Camalia Valdés - Valdés is the President and CEO of Cerveceria India, Inc., Puerto Rico's largest brewery.


 * Eduardo Georgetti - Was an agriculturist, businessman, philanthropist, politician and in the early 30th cnetury, the wealthiest sugar baron in Puerto Rico.


 * Fernando Fernandez - Founder of "Ron del Barrilito" and "Alcoholado Santa Ana".


 * José Ramon Fernández "Marqués de La Esperanza" - The wealthiest sugar baron in Puerto Rico in the 19th century. He was also considered one of the most powerful men of the entire Spanish Caribbean.


 * Gildo Massó - Founder of Massó Enterprises and Casa's Massó.


 * Herb Scannell - Former Chairman of MTV Networks and president of Nickelodeon.


 * Jaime Fonalledas - Fonalledas is the President and CEO of Empresas Fonalledas, which owns Plaza Las Américas, the largest shopping mall in the Caribbean and one of the top retail and entertainment venues in the world. Empresas Fonalledas companies include Plaza Del Caribe, Tres Monjitas, Vaqueria Tres Monjitas, Ganaderia Tres Monjitas, and franchise Soft & Creamy.


 * José Juan García a.k.a. "CheJuan" - Founder of "Hogares Crea".


 * Joseph A. Unanue - Former president and CEO of Goya Foods, son of company founder.


 * Juan Serralles - Industrialist, founder of Destilería Serralles, makers of Don Q rum


 * Lisette Nieves - Founder of "ATREVETE".


 * María Elena Holly - Widow of rock legend Buddy Holly who owns the rights to Buddy's name, image, trademarks, and other intellectual property.


 * Maria Vizcarrondo-De Soto - Vizcarrondo-De Soto is the first woman and Latina to become the President and CEO of the United Way of Essex and West Hudson.


 * Miguel Ruíz - Founder of Café Yaucono company


 * Rafael Carrión, Sr. - Carrión was the patriarch of one Puerto Rico's financial dynasties and a founding father of Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, the largest bank in Puerto Rico and the largest Hispanic bank in the United States.


 * Rafael Perez Perry - In 1960, he founded in Puerto Rico television channel 11 also known as "Telecadena Pérez Perry". The same became known as "Tele Once" in 1986.


 * Ramiro L. Colon - First administrator of Cooperativa de Cafeteros de Puerto Rico, Café Rico (official coffee of the Vatican).


 * Ramon Lopez Irizarry - Inventor of Coco López.


 * Salvador Vassallo - Founder of Vassallo Industries Inc. and subsidiaries.


 * Samuel A. Ramirez, Sr. - President and founder of Ramirez and Co., the largest Hispanic investment banking firm on Wall Street.


 * Wilbert Parkhurst (short article) - In 1921, founded "Empresas La Famosa, Inc." a Fruit processing company that by 1971 consisted of "Frozen Fruits Concentrates, Inc.", "Toa Canning Co.", "La Concentradora de Puerto Rico" and "Bayamón Can Company".


 * William R. Cumpiano - Cumpiano was instrumental in the development of the first feature-length documentary about the cuatro and its music, OUR CUATRO, The Puerto Ricans and Stringed Instruments, Volumes 1 and 2.

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