Emilio Diez Barroso
Emilio Diez Barroso is a Mexican-American businessman, Chairman and CEO of NALA Investments, a private investment holding company with operations across various industries including communications, energy, transportation, consumer products, real estate, technology and media.
Biography
Diez Barroso is the great-grandson of Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta, founder of Mexico's Televisa network. He studied Economics and Finance at Harvard University, I.T.A.M. and Boston Universities, and has an M.A. in Spiritual Psychology from the University of Santa Monica with an emphasis on Consciousness Health and Healing.
Diez Barroso has held senior level positions and sat on the board of most NALA owned companies. He was Managing Director for Corporacion Triangulo, an investment corporation headquartered in Mexico. He was named one of the 10 most powerful Latinos by Poder Magazine,[1] and by The Hollywood Reporter.[2]
He currently sits on the board of directors of Summit Entertainment, a worldwide film studio and distributor; he is on the board of The Angel Station, an agency that optimizes human potential, Saber Es Poder An empowerment network for US Hispanics, and he chairs the board of The World is Just a Book Away, a non-profit organization created to bring books and education to children in developing countries. He is on the board of the X Prize Foundation's Innovation Board, he is a member of the client advisory council for USTrust,Bank of America and serves on the board of The CrossRoads School for Arts and Sciences. He is also the chairman of NALA Energy a wholly owned subsidiary of NALA investing in the energy sector.
NALA Investments
In 1999, Emilio Diez Barroso founded NALA Investments ("North America Latin America"[3]), and is currently its Chairman. It is a private investment holding company with operations across various industries including communications, energy, transportation, consumer products, real estate, technology and media, primarily in the United States and Latin America.[4]
NALA Films
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In 2005,[5] Diez Barroso founded NALA Investments' production arm, NALA Films, that couples "Latin American talent, resources and incentives" and "English language motion pictures", and is based in Los Angeles.[6] NALA Films' "has been producing and financing "two to five feature films per year."[4]
See also
References
- ↑ http://www.poder360.com/article_detail.php?id_article=1516
- ↑ THR’s Latino Power 50 - Latin Gossip
- ↑ "WMA's Latin pic pal" by Dave McNary, November 2, 2006. Accessed April 8, 2008
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 In the Valley of Elah: About the Filmmakers. Accessed April 8, 2008
- ↑ Hollywood Reporter: Hispanic Women Power 25, by Rebecca Ascher-Walsh, Cristy Lytal and Trisha Tucker, October 9, 2007. Accessed April 8, 2008
- ↑ NALA Films website. Accessed April 8, 2008
