Adriana Cisneros becomes CEO of Cisneros, a multilatina pioneer that is expected to focus on technology.
Adriana Cisneros appointment represents several milestones. She is the third generation Cisneros to take the helm of the global media conglomerate. Last, but no least, the appointment represents a model transition of a Latin American Family company.
September, 2013
Adriana Cisneros y Gustavo Cisneros en entrevista con BloombergAdriana Cisneros
Venezuelan billionaire Gustavo Cisneros plans to form joint ventures between his company, Cisneros Group, and Chinese banks to invest in Latin American commodities such as oil, gold, and agriculture. Cisneros believes these partnerships will help accelerate projects that have been delayed by state inefficiencies. He is expanding into deals with China after restructuring his company's portfolio and stepping down from daily operations, which he has handed over to his daughter, Adriana Cisneros. Chinese banks and investment funds have been increasingly active in providing loans and investments in Latin America in exchange for natural resources.
Adriana Cisneros is the mother of young children, wife of an author, daughter of a mogul and now CEO of one of the world’s most interesting and powerful global conglomerate. While she is comfortable in all of those roles, she still is adjusting to the last one.
October, 2013
Adriana Cisneros de Griffin directs strategic planning for the Cisneros Group, one of the world's largest privately held media organizations. As Vice Chairman and Vice President of Strategy, she oversees the group's expansion into new markets in Latin America, China, and social media. Cisneros believes innovation is key to adapting to changes in media consumption and sees opportunities to capitalize on trends like increased Hispanic populations in the US and growing demand for content across multiple platforms and languages. Her role balancing leadership at a major family business and raising two young children can be exhausting but she finds purpose and enjoyment in continuing the work of past generations at the company her family founded.
Adriana Cisneros de Griffin directs strategic planning for the Cisneros Group, one of the world's largest privately held media companies. She oversees the company's expansion into new technologies and markets. Cisneros focuses on innovating the company's content to engage audiences on multiple platforms and reach new generations of viewers. She aims to identify opportunities from new trends and capitalize on them through strategic initiatives and partnerships.
Memphis PR Firm- VIDA Communications Group- launched "Habla! Digital Creative,"a digital ad, digital marketing, and social media division. The team will focus on helping businesses and organizations understand and engage the Hispanic community, especially millennial and affluent members of the community, who account for $500 million of the Hispanic community's TRILLION dollars in spending power. Social media expertise will be focued on sites most heavily populated by these groups, including Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.
Cisneros’s first female ceo seeks latin america expansionAdriana Cisneros
Adriana Cisneros, CEO and Vice Chairman of Cisneros, is leading an organizational evolution focused on growth through acquisitions in Latin America in order to dominate the Spanish-language TV and to exploit the e-commerce potential.
Adriana Cisneros y Gustavo Cisneros en entrevista con BloombergAdriana Cisneros
Venezuelan billionaire Gustavo Cisneros plans to form joint ventures between his company, Cisneros Group, and Chinese banks to invest in Latin American commodities such as oil, gold, and agriculture. Cisneros believes these partnerships will help accelerate projects that have been delayed by state inefficiencies. He is expanding into deals with China after restructuring his company's portfolio and stepping down from daily operations, which he has handed over to his daughter, Adriana Cisneros. Chinese banks and investment funds have been increasingly active in providing loans and investments in Latin America in exchange for natural resources.
Adriana Cisneros is the mother of young children, wife of an author, daughter of a mogul and now CEO of one of the world’s most interesting and powerful global conglomerate. While she is comfortable in all of those roles, she still is adjusting to the last one.
October, 2013
Adriana Cisneros de Griffin directs strategic planning for the Cisneros Group, one of the world's largest privately held media organizations. As Vice Chairman and Vice President of Strategy, she oversees the group's expansion into new markets in Latin America, China, and social media. Cisneros believes innovation is key to adapting to changes in media consumption and sees opportunities to capitalize on trends like increased Hispanic populations in the US and growing demand for content across multiple platforms and languages. Her role balancing leadership at a major family business and raising two young children can be exhausting but she finds purpose and enjoyment in continuing the work of past generations at the company her family founded.
Adriana Cisneros de Griffin directs strategic planning for the Cisneros Group, one of the world's largest privately held media companies. She oversees the company's expansion into new technologies and markets. Cisneros focuses on innovating the company's content to engage audiences on multiple platforms and reach new generations of viewers. She aims to identify opportunities from new trends and capitalize on them through strategic initiatives and partnerships.
Memphis PR Firm- VIDA Communications Group- launched "Habla! Digital Creative,"a digital ad, digital marketing, and social media division. The team will focus on helping businesses and organizations understand and engage the Hispanic community, especially millennial and affluent members of the community, who account for $500 million of the Hispanic community's TRILLION dollars in spending power. Social media expertise will be focued on sites most heavily populated by these groups, including Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.
Cisneros’s first female ceo seeks latin america expansionAdriana Cisneros
Adriana Cisneros, CEO and Vice Chairman of Cisneros, is leading an organizational evolution focused on growth through acquisitions in Latin America in order to dominate the Spanish-language TV and to exploit the e-commerce potential.
Into the Mainstream: Influencer Marketing in Societyrun_frictionless
TAKUMI surveyed over 3,500 consumers, marketers, and influencers across the UK, US, and Germany to uncover the latest trends in the sector. The report ‘Into the mainstream: Influencer marketing in society’, uncovered divided opinions on what consumers want to see and what brands are willing to engage with influencers on.
https://runfrictionless.com/b2b-white-paper-service/
This document discusses trends in digital audio consumption and advertising. It notes that digital audio advertising is growing, with projections that 15-25% of total audio budgets will go to digital channels by 2018 in the US. Podcasting is highlighted as a content format seeing growth. The document also profiles the media company Cisneros and its portfolio of television, pay TV, production and beauty pageant businesses focused on the US Hispanic and Latin American markets. It provides an overview of the company's digital advertising division RedMas and its operations across Latin America and the US.
This document summarizes the work of a Brazilian startup called Beenoculus that develops virtual and augmented reality technologies. It was founded in 2015 and has since grown, promoting the use of VR in Brazil through media appearances and YouTube videos that have received millions of views. Beenoculus works with clients across various industries like education, healthcare, media and sports to develop VR content and solutions that improve areas like training, education and marketing. It has partnered with major organizations in Brazil to produce acclaimed VR documentaries and training programs.
The document describes a new program in Brazil called "Connected We Change" that aims to inspire social change through connectivity technologies. It discusses how technologies have changed interactions and outlines the program's goals of inspiring ideas, identifying innovative experiences, and offering tools and training. The program will include an ideas festival, international events, a virtual platform, and funding for the most innovative experiences. An international seminar will take place from November 6-8, 2012 featuring speakers on using social media for social good. The program aims to promote social impact and organizations working in community development.
Meio & Mensagem Group was founded in 1976 and has played a crucial role in developing Brazil's communications industry by generating, publishing, and disseminating information and analysis. It has set an independent editorial line with high credibility to discuss important themes. Its events have brought internationally renowned professionals to Brazil to share the latest news and trends. The group also conducts exclusive studies that are a reference for industry executives. It has always supported the development of the market and rewarded outstanding professionals and companies.
The document discusses how the world has changed dramatically in recent years due to technological advances. It notes that 30% of major companies from 10 years ago no longer exist, and 70% would not be missed. It advocates for transparency, collaboration, velocity and social consciousness. It promotes the company's integrated consulting services and its centers of excellence across the Americas to help clients effectively navigate this new, smarter, and more competitive world by connecting the dots between planning and execution.
Special thanks to Singapore Economic Development Board for quoting us in one of the featured articles.
ASEAN millennials are fortunate in having been born in the best of times for the SE Asia region. Businesses are adapting their marketing messages and hiring processes to attract their loyalty.
Read more here http://bit.ly/ASEANmillennials
My BFF Social: Capturing the Consumer in a Constant Stream of ContentMatt Gentile
The beauty of social media and mobility is in the expanded universe of opportunities to reach consumers with a branded message. The good news is that digital campaign metrics are much more quantifiable than traditional advertising media such as print ads or television.
IMG Digital Group (http://imgdigit.com/) was founded by Matt Gentile, former Global Director of Social Media for the CENTURY 21 brand, Matt is a seasoned marketing professional with extensive experience in developing and leading PR and Social Media teams as well as developing and executing brand marketing strategies.
Services: Executive Coaching, Social Media Consulting and Management, Digital Advertising, Public Relations. Marketing services available in both English / Spanish.
Matt is a professional presenter who has spoken at industry events including #CZLNY, #CSMNY, #ICNY, #SMMW. To book Matt Gentile to speak at your next event, please email imgdigitalgroup@gmail.com.
Trabalho apresentado na World Media Economics and Management Conference, em Nova York, sobre os modelos de receita e negócios adotados pela mídia brasileira.
Adriana Cisneros - Paley Center For Media, SpeechAdriana Cisneros
Adriana Cisneros de Griffin gave a speech at the Paley Center for Media about the growing market for content in the Spanish-speaking world. She discussed five major themes: the evolution in content creation and distribution driven by new technologies; the growing Hispanic population in the US and Latin America presenting opportunities; Latin America keeping pace with 21st century innovations; and the promising road ahead for the industry to capitalize on these trends. Cisneros highlighted examples like interactive soap operas and social gaming showing Latin America is well positioned to develop and commercialize Spanish content globally on digital platforms.
Marketing to Hispanic shoppers is rapidly changing. This deck outlines key trends for reaching the Hispanic shopper on mobile and social, as well as key demographic insights.
What Top-Tier Industries Are Telling Us About Building Relationships Through Social Media, Mobile Solutions, Big Data, Interactive Technology and Online Marketing.
The Imagen Group provides marketing and communications strategies to help organizations engage and connect with Hispanic consumers. They utilize integrated marketing approaches across social media and traditional outlets. The company has strong ties to the Hispanic market and Spanish media. Their services include strategic consulting, public relations, social media marketing, content creation, and crisis communications. They help companies tap into the large $1.5 trillion Hispanic consumer market while bridging cultures and languages.
This marketing campaign by Pizza Hut aims to position itself as the top choice for digital pizza orders. The target market is millennials, who are heavy social media and mobile users. The campaign will use various social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, and Instagram to promote deals and discounts. Paid advertising will also be used on these channels as well as YouTube, Hulu, Pandora and Spotify. The goal is to drive more online and mobile orders to capture the two billion dollar digital ordering opportunity and reach 75% of orders online/mobile by the end of 2015.
This marketing campaign by Pizza Hut aims to position itself as the top choice for digital pizza orders. The target market is millennials, who are heavy social media and mobile users. The campaign will use various social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, and Instagram to promote deals and discounts. Paid advertising will also be used on these channels as well as YouTube, Hulu, Pandora and Spotify. The goal is to drive more online and mobile orders to capture the two billion dollar digital ordering opportunity and reach 75% of orders online/mobile by the end of 2015.
NATIVE A+E Magazine Spring 2019 Inaugural IssueAdrian Dotson
Native A+E promotes growth + innovation though stories of planning, design and building native communities. Native communities connected by constant dialogue + exchange of ideas with professionals, business + industry become more vibrant as we invest in our families and relatives.
This publication is a collaborative effort of native staff, business owners and industry leaders who advise and contribute content. The stories in this publication attract a wide audience, including individuals and businesses seeking opportunities in an array of industries and trades for projects in Indian Country.
Our stories of community growth and innovation will aid in triggering dialogue and the spread of ideas as we celebrate projects that are dedicated investments for tribal economic development. These projects often consume the most time and resources and overcome obstacles to see fruition.
We are telling the stories from a technical but simplified vantage point from these industries:
Environmental & Urban Planning
Engineering & Architecture
General Contracting & Specialized Trades
Education & Vocational Training
Sustainability & Innovation
Business & Entrepreneurship
Contracting & Procurement
Government & Politics
Community & Individual Highlights
Miami Herald - 5 Miami Business Leaders win honorsAdriana Cisneros
Miami Herald shared the information about the EY announcement about winners for the Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2017 Florida Awards, among which is Adrian Cisneros de Griffin.
Listín Diario: Turismo de alta calidad en el este.Adriana Cisneros
Por el turismo de lujo que se proyecta floreciente y con sólidas bases en la Región este se vislumbra una repercusión extraordinaria en el reposicionamiento del turismo dominicano a nivel mundial, que tan solo el pasado año 2015, recibió 5.6 millones de turistas, en una atractiva tendencia que cada día se consolida más.
La realidad es que el turismo de lujo tiene varias muestras en la región este como aliados y aunque requiere de mucho trabajo y esfuerzos, la primera prueba del grupo Tropicalia con los Cisneros a la cabeza, es una contribución clave para esta tendencia.
Marzo, 2016
Into the Mainstream: Influencer Marketing in Societyrun_frictionless
TAKUMI surveyed over 3,500 consumers, marketers, and influencers across the UK, US, and Germany to uncover the latest trends in the sector. The report ‘Into the mainstream: Influencer marketing in society’, uncovered divided opinions on what consumers want to see and what brands are willing to engage with influencers on.
https://runfrictionless.com/b2b-white-paper-service/
This document discusses trends in digital audio consumption and advertising. It notes that digital audio advertising is growing, with projections that 15-25% of total audio budgets will go to digital channels by 2018 in the US. Podcasting is highlighted as a content format seeing growth. The document also profiles the media company Cisneros and its portfolio of television, pay TV, production and beauty pageant businesses focused on the US Hispanic and Latin American markets. It provides an overview of the company's digital advertising division RedMas and its operations across Latin America and the US.
This document summarizes the work of a Brazilian startup called Beenoculus that develops virtual and augmented reality technologies. It was founded in 2015 and has since grown, promoting the use of VR in Brazil through media appearances and YouTube videos that have received millions of views. Beenoculus works with clients across various industries like education, healthcare, media and sports to develop VR content and solutions that improve areas like training, education and marketing. It has partnered with major organizations in Brazil to produce acclaimed VR documentaries and training programs.
The document describes a new program in Brazil called "Connected We Change" that aims to inspire social change through connectivity technologies. It discusses how technologies have changed interactions and outlines the program's goals of inspiring ideas, identifying innovative experiences, and offering tools and training. The program will include an ideas festival, international events, a virtual platform, and funding for the most innovative experiences. An international seminar will take place from November 6-8, 2012 featuring speakers on using social media for social good. The program aims to promote social impact and organizations working in community development.
Meio & Mensagem Group was founded in 1976 and has played a crucial role in developing Brazil's communications industry by generating, publishing, and disseminating information and analysis. It has set an independent editorial line with high credibility to discuss important themes. Its events have brought internationally renowned professionals to Brazil to share the latest news and trends. The group also conducts exclusive studies that are a reference for industry executives. It has always supported the development of the market and rewarded outstanding professionals and companies.
The document discusses how the world has changed dramatically in recent years due to technological advances. It notes that 30% of major companies from 10 years ago no longer exist, and 70% would not be missed. It advocates for transparency, collaboration, velocity and social consciousness. It promotes the company's integrated consulting services and its centers of excellence across the Americas to help clients effectively navigate this new, smarter, and more competitive world by connecting the dots between planning and execution.
Special thanks to Singapore Economic Development Board for quoting us in one of the featured articles.
ASEAN millennials are fortunate in having been born in the best of times for the SE Asia region. Businesses are adapting their marketing messages and hiring processes to attract their loyalty.
Read more here http://bit.ly/ASEANmillennials
My BFF Social: Capturing the Consumer in a Constant Stream of ContentMatt Gentile
The beauty of social media and mobility is in the expanded universe of opportunities to reach consumers with a branded message. The good news is that digital campaign metrics are much more quantifiable than traditional advertising media such as print ads or television.
IMG Digital Group (http://imgdigit.com/) was founded by Matt Gentile, former Global Director of Social Media for the CENTURY 21 brand, Matt is a seasoned marketing professional with extensive experience in developing and leading PR and Social Media teams as well as developing and executing brand marketing strategies.
Services: Executive Coaching, Social Media Consulting and Management, Digital Advertising, Public Relations. Marketing services available in both English / Spanish.
Matt is a professional presenter who has spoken at industry events including #CZLNY, #CSMNY, #ICNY, #SMMW. To book Matt Gentile to speak at your next event, please email imgdigitalgroup@gmail.com.
Trabalho apresentado na World Media Economics and Management Conference, em Nova York, sobre os modelos de receita e negócios adotados pela mídia brasileira.
Adriana Cisneros - Paley Center For Media, SpeechAdriana Cisneros
Adriana Cisneros de Griffin gave a speech at the Paley Center for Media about the growing market for content in the Spanish-speaking world. She discussed five major themes: the evolution in content creation and distribution driven by new technologies; the growing Hispanic population in the US and Latin America presenting opportunities; Latin America keeping pace with 21st century innovations; and the promising road ahead for the industry to capitalize on these trends. Cisneros highlighted examples like interactive soap operas and social gaming showing Latin America is well positioned to develop and commercialize Spanish content globally on digital platforms.
Marketing to Hispanic shoppers is rapidly changing. This deck outlines key trends for reaching the Hispanic shopper on mobile and social, as well as key demographic insights.
What Top-Tier Industries Are Telling Us About Building Relationships Through Social Media, Mobile Solutions, Big Data, Interactive Technology and Online Marketing.
The Imagen Group provides marketing and communications strategies to help organizations engage and connect with Hispanic consumers. They utilize integrated marketing approaches across social media and traditional outlets. The company has strong ties to the Hispanic market and Spanish media. Their services include strategic consulting, public relations, social media marketing, content creation, and crisis communications. They help companies tap into the large $1.5 trillion Hispanic consumer market while bridging cultures and languages.
This marketing campaign by Pizza Hut aims to position itself as the top choice for digital pizza orders. The target market is millennials, who are heavy social media and mobile users. The campaign will use various social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, and Instagram to promote deals and discounts. Paid advertising will also be used on these channels as well as YouTube, Hulu, Pandora and Spotify. The goal is to drive more online and mobile orders to capture the two billion dollar digital ordering opportunity and reach 75% of orders online/mobile by the end of 2015.
This marketing campaign by Pizza Hut aims to position itself as the top choice for digital pizza orders. The target market is millennials, who are heavy social media and mobile users. The campaign will use various social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, and Instagram to promote deals and discounts. Paid advertising will also be used on these channels as well as YouTube, Hulu, Pandora and Spotify. The goal is to drive more online and mobile orders to capture the two billion dollar digital ordering opportunity and reach 75% of orders online/mobile by the end of 2015.
NATIVE A+E Magazine Spring 2019 Inaugural IssueAdrian Dotson
Native A+E promotes growth + innovation though stories of planning, design and building native communities. Native communities connected by constant dialogue + exchange of ideas with professionals, business + industry become more vibrant as we invest in our families and relatives.
This publication is a collaborative effort of native staff, business owners and industry leaders who advise and contribute content. The stories in this publication attract a wide audience, including individuals and businesses seeking opportunities in an array of industries and trades for projects in Indian Country.
Our stories of community growth and innovation will aid in triggering dialogue and the spread of ideas as we celebrate projects that are dedicated investments for tribal economic development. These projects often consume the most time and resources and overcome obstacles to see fruition.
We are telling the stories from a technical but simplified vantage point from these industries:
Environmental & Urban Planning
Engineering & Architecture
General Contracting & Specialized Trades
Education & Vocational Training
Sustainability & Innovation
Business & Entrepreneurship
Contracting & Procurement
Government & Politics
Community & Individual Highlights
Miami Herald - 5 Miami Business Leaders win honorsAdriana Cisneros
Miami Herald shared the information about the EY announcement about winners for the Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2017 Florida Awards, among which is Adrian Cisneros de Griffin.
Listín Diario: Turismo de alta calidad en el este.Adriana Cisneros
Por el turismo de lujo que se proyecta floreciente y con sólidas bases en la Región este se vislumbra una repercusión extraordinaria en el reposicionamiento del turismo dominicano a nivel mundial, que tan solo el pasado año 2015, recibió 5.6 millones de turistas, en una atractiva tendencia que cada día se consolida más.
La realidad es que el turismo de lujo tiene varias muestras en la región este como aliados y aunque requiere de mucho trabajo y esfuerzos, la primera prueba del grupo Tropicalia con los Cisneros a la cabeza, es una contribución clave para esta tendencia.
Marzo, 2016
Desde que Arco abrió sus puertas en 1982, la idea de negocio ha estado clara entre sus organizadores, por más que la etiqueta de evento cultural haya sido la que más ha calado entre el público más fiel. Organizadores, galeristas y artistas participan con el legítimo objetivo de vender su obra y, cuanto más, mejor. De hecho, las ventas de obras de arte contemporáneo que se realizan en España a lo largo del año tienen en Arco su mejor punto de venta.
Pero en Arco, a diferencia de otras ferias, hay un potente grupo de latinoamericanos que, junto a los españoles, forman un importantísimo conjunto de compradores. Como en toda selección, la lista podría ser mucho más amplia, pero todos los que están son indiscutibles adictos al arte.
España
Febrero 2016
Discurso pronunciado por Adriana Cisneros durante el Comienzo de TropicaliaAdriana Cisneros
Tropicalia, como decía mi padre, es algo muy personal por el significado que tiene para nuestra familia. Ese amor a primera vista por Costa Esmeralda fue algo que entendimos desde que nos contó su visión y la hicimos parte de todos nosotros. Hasta ahora hemos trabajado en el ámbito de la inversión social y medioambiental. Nos ha preparado para que podamos dar el paso que hoy nos convoca aquí.
República Dominicana
Febrero 2016
Adriana Cisneros: Nuestros contenidos ya están presentes en tres de las panta...Adriana Cisneros
Cisneros Media anunció que por primera vez sus contenidos están presentes en tres de las principales cadenas hispanas de EE.UU.: UniMás, Telemundo y Estrella TV. La compañía exhibe telenovelas, teleseries y un late night show en estas cadenas, lo que demuestra su capacidad para desarrollar contenidos que satisfacen audiencias diversas. Sus equipos de producción también están creando nuevos programas para plataformas digitales globales.
Al frente de Cisneros, Adriana se ha enfrentado a la misión de seguir haciendo crecer a un consorcio con más de 85 años de historia. Sin tiempo que perder, en dos años ha puesto en marcha un agresivo plan con metas corporativas que apuntan a diversificar las actividades del grupo y a conquistar nuevas audiencias y segmentos.
Enero, 2016
Las tres coleccionistas más populares de la primera mitad del XX son norteamericanas: Isabella Stewart Gardner, Gertrude Stein, y Peggy Guggenheim, hoy en día otra mujeres siguen sus pasos, tal es el caso de Patricia Phelps, cuya colección de arte de la Modernidad de América Latina es sin duda la más deslumbrante que cualquiera pueda soñar, entre otras porque su pericia es fue semejante a la de Stein o Guggenheim: supo atesorar obras esenciales cuando aún era posible hacerlo, no solo económicamente, sino por la disponibilidad de las piezas- en este momento ni todo el oro del mundo podría adquirir alguna obra contundente de Lygia Clark o Hélio Oiticica-.
Noviembre, 2015
Cortesía de: El País Semanal
No es una carta de triunfo, son las súper mujeres que protagonizan en Miami la fuerza creativa, el arte, la moda y la apuesta al futuro.
La venezolana Adriana Cisneros, CEO y Vice Chairman de Cisneros, una compañía de medios de comunicación y digitales, inversiones inmobiliarias, desarrollos turísticos y productos de consumo con presencia en varios países del mundo.
“En Cisneros fuimos los primeros en montar estudios de producción de televisión en Miami, hace ya 15 años; porque nos dimos cuenta de que para producir contenidos enfocados al mercado hispano, esta ciudad tiene muchas ventajas sobre Los Ángeles.”
Junio, 2015
“El coleccionista de arte es solamente un custodio” Patricia Phelps de Cisne...Adriana Cisneros
Definir a Patricia Phelps de Cisneros resulta difícil. Pero, a modo de resumen, podría decirse que la coleccionista y mecenas venezolana- también tiene nacionalidad española- es una de las personas más influyentes del mundo del arte. Sus diversos puestos en entidades y museos de todo el mundo, además de sus innumerables premios, dan buena fe de ello. Así, está vinculada al MoMa de Nueva York- es uno de los dos únicos miembros latinoamericanos de su junta directiva-; la Tate Gallery de Londres: el Museo Bergguen de Berlín, la Fundación Beyeler de Basilea, la Universidad de Harvard; el Prado, el Reina Sofía.
Pero aunque los cargos sean muchos, su misión sigue siendo la misma: educar y mostrar al resto del mundo, a través de su colección, la cultura, el arte y la historia de Latinoamérica.
Mayo 2015
Liderado por Adriana Cisneros, el equipo directivo del principal consorcio televisivo venezolano se ha propuesto una misión: ser pionero en Latinoamérica en la venta de contenido y publicidad digital. Las startups de la región serán clave para lograrlo.
Marzo, 2015
Adriana Cisneros: Una Líder con Sello Propio/El Team Cisneros. Forbes Repúbli...Adriana Cisneros
: Liderado por Adriana Cisneros, el equipo directivo del principal consorcio televisivo venezolano se ha propuesto una misión: ser pionero en Latinoamérica en la venta de contenido y publicidad digital. Las startups de la región serán clave para lograrlo.
Marzo, 2015
Adriana Cisneros: la mujer que comanda la revolución de la TVAdriana Cisneros
Liderado por Adriana Cisneros, el equipo directivo del principal consorcio televisivo venezolano se ha propuesto una misión: ser pionero en Latinoamérica en la venta de contenido y publicidad digital. Las startups de la región serán clave para lograrlo.
04 de Marzo 2015
Adriana Cisneros: La Heredera del Emporio/El Team Cisneros-Forbes Adriana Cisneros
El documento describe la estrategia de Adriana Cisneros, CEO de Organización Cisneros, para expandir el negocio familiar más allá de la televisión tradicional hacia contenidos digitales e innovadores. Bajo su liderazgo, la compañía está produciendo telenovelas y otros contenidos con experiencias multiplataforma, y desarrollando negocios en publicidad digital, comercio electrónico y bienes raíces para llevar el imperio familiar a una nueva era digital.
4 claves de management de la nueva emperatriz de los medios-ForbesAdriana Cisneros
Adriana Cisneros recién cumplió un año al frente de Organización Cisneros, tiene apenas 35 años y su apuesta es convertir la empresa familiar en un imperio global de contenidos. Va por buen camino, 550 millones de personas han visto al menos una telenovela producida por su equipo y ahora va por teleseries y videoblogs, te compartimos sus claves de éxito.
Entre los pasillos de los estudios de Venevisión, en Miami, todos saludan a Adriana Cisneros, la conocen desde pequeña, le hablan de tú. Ella es la CEO de Organización Cisneros, una empresa que busca convertirse en un imperio entre las empresas de medios, su apuesta fuerte no es la infraestructura de televisión sino los contenidos.
13 de Febrero, 2015
There has been a flurry of activity at Cisneros Group since August 2013, when Adriana Cisneros became the third generation member of the family to run the Miami-based multimedia company.
Cisneros, who as CEO and vice-chairman took over leadership of the company once run by her father, chairman Gustavo Cisneros. She has refocused the company´s strategy on three business units: Cisneros Media, which includes Cisneros Media Distribution (CMD) Venevision Productions and the Venevision channel in Venezuela; and Cisneros Interactive which Adriana Cisneros created and oversaw prior to becoming the company’s CEO. The third division is Cisneros Real Estate.
“The challenge is to create content that is equally relevant and engaging to multiple generations who traditionally all reside in the same household” Adriana Cisneros
January, 21, 2015
En el marco de NATPE 2015, Gustavo y Adriana Cisneros han sido homenajeados con un Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Award durante su tradicional entrega de premios.
El Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Award fue creado para reconocer a un selecto grupo de profesionales de la TV que demuestran, liderazgo, independencia, pasión y visión en el proceso de creación de programas de TV.
Enero, 2015
En el marco de NATPE 2015, Gustavo y Adriana Cisneros serán homenajeados con un Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Award durante la tradicional entrega de premios que este año será conducida por Craig Ferguson, el próximo 21 de enero en el Fontainebleu Resort de Miami.
El Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Award fue creado para reconocer a un selecto grupo de profesionales de la TV que demuestran, liderazgo, independencia, pasión y visión en el proceso de creación de programas de TV.
Enero, 2015
Adriana Cisneros participó en la edición “Mujeres” de El País Semanal, publicación en la que se reúne a las mujeres más influyentes del mundo de los negocios, quienes aportan su opinión acerca de la igualdad de géneros en el siglo XXI.
“Es tiempo de dejar atrás los estereotipos y alcanzar el ideal donde el liderazgo femenino deje de ser un problema, cediéndole paso a la discusión sobre el talento de cada persona. Un ideal donde la realidad para las mujeres sea la libertad de ser lo que quieran ser.”- Adriana Cisneros, Directora Ejecutiva y Vice-Chairman de la Organización Cisneros.
31 de Noviembre, 2014
Un año después de haber asumido las riendas del poderoso grupo venezolano, Adriana Cisneros destaca los avances en las compañías de Contenido Digital, Medios y Real Estate del Grupo.
El gran reto de Adriana Cisneros, tercera generación de la familia al mando del Grupo, será combinar los medios digitales con los tradicionales para lograr la fórmula ganadora.
30 de Octubre, 2014
Un año después de asumir las riendas del negocio familiar, Adriana Cisneros habló con revista Dinero sobre resultados y perspectivas de los negocios y el interés que tiene su organización en participar en la licitación del tercer canal de televisión y en la producción de más contenido de manera conjunta, pues destaca el talento que existe en Colombia desde los escritores y libretistas hasta los camarógrafos y actores.
En materia de gestión, las cifras le sonríen a la heredera del Grupo Cisneros. Su división Cisneros Media produce 40% del contenido que se transmite en el canal Univisión, y en Venezuela el canal Venevisión sigue siendo el de mayor rating. Además, sus productos tienen presencia en 16 países de América Latina, fuera de España; ha producido en su historia más de 31.000 horas de contenido original; sus producciones están dobladas en 20 idiomas y elabora más de 1.600 horas de contenido de terceros al año.
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Wednesday, September 04, 2013
Cisneros: A Change of Guard
Adriana Cisneros becomes CEO of the Cisneros Group, a multilatina pioneer that is expected to
focus more on technology.
POR: JOACHIM BAMRUD
Last week’s appointment of Adriana Cisneros as CEO of the Cisneros Group of Companies represents
several milestones. She is the third generation Cisneros to take the helm of the global media
conglomerate. And the first woman. Last, but not least, the appointment had been expected for some time
and represents a model transition of a Latin American family company
Adriana Cisneros,the new CEO of the
Cisneros Group. (Photo:Timothy Greenfield-
Sanders)
Gustavo and Adriana Cisneros at the
Venevision studios in Miami in 2011. (Photo:
Cisneros Group)
“I am very proud to appoint Adriana as Cisneros’s CEO,”
Cisneros Chairman Gustavo Cisneros tells
Latinvex.“While the succession has been a natural step,
this was a process that was well organized and properly
planned. During the past seven years, Adriana has been
preparing for this moment, and in her role as Vice
Chairman and Director of Strategy, she has more than
demonstrated this… I am sure this is the right moment and
under her leadership Cisneros will continue to explore new
paths, and with the support of a great legacy and the ideal
team, she’ll successfully confront any challenge.
The appointment has been well-received by close
observers of the company. “She is a talented leader who
has been preparing for this job for a long time,” says
Moises Naim, a senior associate in Carnegie’s
International Economics Program who served as
Venezuela’s trade and industry minister in the 1990s.
The Cisneros Group owns or holds interests in more than
30 companies that combined serve 550 million customers
in over 100 countries. Its businesses range from broadcast
television, television production, Internet ad sales and
telecommunications to real estate. Although Venezuelan in
origin, the Cisneros Group now has its headquarters in
Miami.
The 33-year old Adriana Cisneros started working at the
Cisneros Group in 2006 and since 2010 she served as Vice
Chairman and Director of Strategy. “Over that time period
she has taken significant decisions such as the creation
and development of an Internet strategy while supporting
her father in the restructuring exercise of the Cisneros
Group,” says Beatrice Rangel, CEO of AMLA Consulting
and a former vice president at the Cisneros Group.
Gustavo Cisneros will continue in his role of Chairman,
while Steven Bandel – the CEO of the Cisneros Group the
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Filming of Eva Luna, the popular Venevision
soap opera which drew nearly 10 million
viewers to its final on Univision. (Photo:
Cisneros Group)
Adriana Cisneros with her husband Nick Griffin
and Tropicalia General Manager William Phelan
at a school in the Dominican Republic
supported by the Tropicalia Foundation.
(Photo: Cisneros Group)
The appointment of Adriana to succeed her
father Gustavo has been planned for several
years. (Photo:Timothy Greenfield-Sanders)
past four years – will serve as Co-Chairman. Adriana calls
Bandel “a great CEO who will continue as a member of my
team of advisors.”
FOCUS AREAS
As CEO, Adriana Cisneros will focus on continued global
expansion. “We are consolidating our global expansion, our
incursion in the digital world, and our real estate
development,” she tells Latinvex.
Cisneros plans to focus on four strategic pillars.
First, consolidating new methods of distributing content
while continuing to be a leader as an integrated
multiplatform production company, spearheading the
development of original content for Hispanic markets..
Second, diversifying risk with the creation of new business
divisions and focusing on her three newest divisions. Third,
investing in innovation by identifying entrepreneurial digital
projects in the region, and exploring new ways of doing
business. And fourth, having a dedicated vision to
Corporate Social Responsibility
As Director of Strategy, she oversaw the transformation of
television programming into 360° concepts, via digital
strategies.
“Over the past few years we have converted our television
content into 360° concepts with digital strategies, allowing
us to get even closer to our audiences and offer them
better experiences through the different platforms,” Adriana
Cisneros says.
She was responsible for the creation in 2011 of Cisneros
Interactive, the company’s digital media division, focused
on mobile and online advertising networks, e-commerce,
social gaming, and crowd-funding.
She is a private investor in NXTP Labs, an acceleration
program that invests in Spanish-speaking technology
startups that are pursuing global or regional opportunities.
Cisneros is betting big on digital advertising. Last year, it created RedMas, an online advertising
network with 60 million unique users in Latin America and the U.S. Hispanic market and the
exclusive representative of Yahoo! in Venezuela and Peru. In September RedMas acquired
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Argentine online advertising company Kontextua. Then in January this year, Cisneros acquired
Adsmovil, the largest mobile ad network to serve the Hispanic community in the United States
and Latin America in both Spanish and Portuguese.
Meanwhile, in April the Cisneros Group announced a $20 million investment in inMobly, Brazil’s
leading home furnishings webstore and part of Rocket Internet’s corporate portfolio. Mobly
boasts more than 6 million visits per month after less than two years in operation.
Cisneros is betting big on digital advertising. Last year, it created RedMas, an online advertising
network with 60 million unique users in Latin America and the U.S. Hispanic market and the
exclusive representative of Yahoo! in Venezuela and Peru. In September RedMas acquired
Argentine online advertising company Kontextua. Then in January this year, Cisneros acquired
Adsmovil, the largest mobile ad network to serve the Hispanic community in the United States
and Latin America in both Spanish and Portuguese
Meanwhile, in April the Cisneros Group announced a $20 million investment in inMobly, Brazil’s
leading home furnishings webstore and part of Rocket Internet’s corporate portfolio. Mobly
boasts more than 6 million visits per month after less than two years in operation.
Last year, the Cisneros Group also formed a partnership with Colombia-based Cuponidad to
launch its online offer of services, products and travel packages at discounts in Venezuela. The
Cisneros Group has also invested in Idea.me, a crowdfunding website that covers Latin
America, and Queremos, a fans-funding site for concerts and events.
“Adriana Cisneros [is] quite savvy about the changing media landscape as the proportion of our
lives that evolves within cyber space,” Rangel says. “This is key to a successful development
strategy for entertainment services. As a conspicuous member of the pre generation C
demographics, Adriana understands the entertainment cum information and education needs of
our days which increasingly rely on cyber services to fulfill needs and aspirations in these
areas.”
In April, Variety magazine included her among the 50 most influential New Yorkers who are
currently revitalizing entertainment through constant innovation into the digital arena, through
social media, mobile game apps and interactive television content strategy. “As a key exec of
one of the largest media congloms in the world, the 81-year-old Cisneros Group of Companies,
Ivy League-educated Adriana Cisneros has worked alongside her father, company chairman
Gustavo Cisneros, to bring the Venezuelan conglom into the digital arena, adroitly tapping
social media, mobile game apps and creating an interactive strategy for the company’s TV
programs,” Variety said.
Adriana Cisneros also established the real estate division anchored by Tropicalia, a $2 billion
sustainable tourism development in the Dominican Republic that is expected to create 14,000
jobs. She has frequently visited the project, including schools financed by the Tropicalia
Foundation.
“Tropicalia is one of the four fundamental pillars of my strategic business plan,” Adriana
Cisneros says. “It is one of the Cisneros’s most ambitious projects serving as the launch pad of
our new real estate division. Just as I have been doing from the start, I will continue to work very
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closely with both the business unit team at our corporate offices and the team in the Dominican
Republic to consolidate the project and its potential.”
Tropicalia is scheduled to open in 2016 with a Four Seasons Hotel and Tom Doak golf course.
A second property, developed together with Auberge Resorts, is planned for a mid-2017 launch.
Multicultural and cosmopolitan from birth, Adriana seems to embody her grandfather's original
concept of "crosspollination" - that is the interaction of many different talents in developing any
successful initiative, says Antonio Herrera-Vaillant, executive director of the Inter-American
Competitiveness Experience Network. “In her case, she can provide a fluent and integrated
approach that blends information, education and culture into new forms of communication that
mutually strengthen each of these fields,” he says.
Adriana Cisneros también constituyó la división inmobiliaria establecida por Tropicalia, un
desarrollo de turismo sostenible de $2 billones en la República Dominicana que espera crear
unos 14.000 puestos de trabajo. Ella lo visita con frecuencia, incluyendo las escuelas
financiadas por la Fundación Tropicalia.
“Tropicalia es uno de los cuatro pilares de mi plan estratégico de negocios”, dice Adriana
Cisneros. Es uno de los proyectos más ambiciosos de Cisneros que sirve como la plataforma
de lanzamiento de nuestra nueva división inmobiliaria. Al igual que he estado haciendo desde
el principio, continuaré trabajando estrechamente con el equipo de la unidad de negocios en
nuestras oficinas corporativas y con el equipo de la República Dominicana para consolidar el
proyecto y su potencial.”
Está previsto que Tropicalia abra sus puertas en el 2016 con un Hotel Four Seasons y una
cancha de golf Tom Doak. Una segunda propiedad, desarrollada conjuntamente con “Auberge
Resorts”, tiene previsto su lanzamiento para mediados del 2017.
CISNEROS GROUP
The Cisneros Group’s key asset is Venevision, a Venezuelan broadcaster that exports soap
operas worldwide, including such far-way markets as Iran and Afghanistan. Its foreign partners
include China Central Television.
In the United States, the Cisneros Group provides Univision, the top Spanish-language
broadcaster, with 40 percent of its content. One example: The Eva Luna soap opera, which
drew 9.7 million viewers to its finale on Univision in April 2011. It became the second-most-
watched program in the United States in the coveted 9 p.m. time slot and the highest-rated
domestically produced telenovela in history, according to the Cisneros Group. Cisneros
previously owned a stake in Univision and played a key role in its recent success among US
Hispanics.
Cisneros also owns the Miss Venezuela pageant, which is broadcast in more than 20 countries
in part due to its successful track record for ultimately producing the most Miss Worlds of any
country (winning six times since 1951, most recently in 2011 with Ivian Sarcos.)
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Meanwhile, in a joint venture with investment fund Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst and Latin
American Internet company El Sitio, the Cisneros Group owns Claxson Interactive Group, which
broadcasts content from Playboy TV to Latin America.
Cisneros also owns Cerveceria Regional, the second-largest brewery and beer distributor in
Venezuela; Pueblo, one of the leading supermarket chains in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin
Islands; Venezuelan beauty products manufacturer Laboratorios FISA; Venezuelan travel
agency SAECA, Venezuelan communications company Americatel and a stake in Venezuelan
baseball team Los Leones.
Privately held, the Cisneros Group doesn’t publish annual sales numbers, but according to
Bloombergit posted 2010 revenues of $1.5 billion and employs 8,000 people.
“Cisneros is benefiting from a period of high growth potential in both the expansion into new
markets and the diversification of its business divisions,”Adriana Cisneros says.
The appointment of Adriana Cisneros is expected to provide a boost to those advocating more
female heads of companies in Latin America.
“The appointment of Adriana Cisneros as CEO of such an important Group is excellent and very
important for women in Latin America and frankly globally,”says Susan Segal, President and
CEO of the Council of the Americas/Americas Society, which includes major corporations that
do business in Latin America. “Adriana has become a role model for women throughout Latin
America. Her leadership and achievements sets a standard for young women to follow. She is
an important example of a woman who has been able to do it all: a very successful career, now
a CEO, a wife and a mother. …A very important role model in a region where it is challenging to
find female CEO’s of global companies.”
Carmen Gonzalez-Sanfeliu, a Venezuelan who serves as Vice President for Latin America and
Caribbean for Intelsat, the world’s largest provider of fixed satellite services, agrees.“Gustavo
Cisneros has made a clear “statement” to not only continue to keep his organization within his
family, but he also bestowed one of his most important business decisions in the hands of a
young Hispanic woman, setting a tone for all upcoming professional women who aspire to reach
their highest level of success,” she says. “This decision is coming from a very successful
business and entrepreneur who is known to take very well thought-out and calculated risks.
Gustavo Cisneros determined Adriana was the best leader. What more significant message
than this?”
However, even before her appointment as CEO, she was considered one of Latin America’s top
businesswomen.
“That Adriana Cisneros is a woman is obviously significant, but not as surprising as it used to
be,” Naim says. “While women are still under-represented in the ranks of top management, it is
also true that in recent years, the number of female corporate leaders has increased. Adriana
will be part of a still small but growing group.”
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Rangel believes Adriana’s gender is actually a plus.“While corporate culture has imposed a
thinking that leadership is gender neutral, I think empirical evidence destroys such tenet,” she
says. “Indeed it will suffice to observe the salient features of Margaret Thatcher’s and Angela
Merkel’s land marking leadership styles and compare them to those of William Clinton or Tony
Blair to realize that gender does make a difference. As the first woman to head the Cisneros
Group, Adriana will certainly bring to the table her negotiation skills; the strength of her
character and the vision from a demographics that is increasingly becoming a significant target
for entertainment services: women entrepreneurs.”
In the end, Herrera-Vaillant believes her talent rather than gender will be key. “Although
absolutely female and feminine, I sincerely doubt she will measure her accomplishments in
terms of gender, but rather as a very well trained human being, executive and team leader,” he
says.
SMOOTH TRANSITION
The appointment of Adriana as CEO clearly represents a good example of a smooth transition
within a family business, thanks to the close relation with her father.
“Their outstandingly close relationship is sure to provide for a very smooth transition as a natural
consequence of something for which Adriana has been training for several years, following a
long standing family tradition,” Herrera-Vaillant says.
It comes after years of preparation. “Adriana has not only been exposed to the nuts and bolts of
the entertainment services since her childhood but carefully groomed for this job at least over
the past seven years,” Rangel says.
Naim echoes that view. “For a long time Gustavo Cisneros had made clear that Adriana was
going to be the leader of the Group,” he says. “He also announced that a transition --which
included Adriana's exposure to the different facets and business units of the company--was
under way. In this process she was working very closely with CEO Steve Bandel. I know that
this was a carefully planned succession and I also know that Adriana has been working very
hard in recent years.”
In an interview with Bloomberg in June 2011, Adriana revealed that she had thought she would
work at the company when she was 40, not 25. “When I saw my brother didn’t want to take the
position that he was groomed for, out of sense of duty I said let’s do it sooner than later,” she
said.
Her brother Guillermo handles the Cisneros family finances.
STRONGLEGACY
Despite Adriana’s passion and unique background, she has her work cut out for her, starting
with the comparison with her father. “She knows that she has big shoes to fill,” Naim says.
Adriana Cisneros acknowledges as much. “My greatest challenge will be to continue leading the
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company’s growth at the fast pace my father did,” she says. “His extraordinary ability to almost
immediately envision the potential of a business deal was the key to success for this company.”
And it is no small legacy Gustavo leaves behind as day-to-day manager of the Cisneros Group.
“Gustavo Cisneros… led the Cisneros Group from one of Venezuela’s great companies to one
of the world’s great ones,” Dileep Rao, a professor in management and international business at
Florida International University, wrote in a Forbes column this week.
Long before the phrase multilatina was coined or globalization was in fashion, Gustavo Cisneros
turned the Venezuelan company into a global powerhouse.
While Jorge Lemann and his Brazilian 3G capital has raised eyebrows for its recent purchases
of three symbols of Americana(Budweiser beer, Heinz ketchup and Burger King), the Cisneros
group owned Spalding, which invented the first basketball in 1895 and remained the world’s top
basketball maker for years, for more than a decade – from 1984 to 1996.
While Mexican mogul Carlos Slim has been in the news for his recent attempts at buying a
European telecom company (Dutch-based KPN), Cisneros bought Galerias Preciados, one of
Spain’s top retail chains, 30 years ago -- in 1983.
“At a time when most Venezuelan --- and indeed Latin American -- business leaders were
concentrating in their home markets, Gustavo Cisneros pursued a bold international expansion,”
Naim says.
In the 1970s and 1980s multinationals were almost exclusively a developed-country
phenomenon; very few companies based in poor countries operated abroad, he points out.
“The concept of emerging markets had not been coined and globalization was far from being the
common idea that it is today,” Naim says. “Protectionism and barriers to international trade and
investment were rampant. In this context Gustavo Cisneros used his group's base in Venezuela
to pursue business opportunities abroad and infused his company with a strong international
orientation. In this sense he is undoubtedly a pioneer.”
Gustavo became CEO of the Cisneros company in 1968 at the young age of 23. However, he
was still older than his father Diego when he founded the Cisneros group in 1931 at the age of
20. Diego had started out his career by acquiring a trucking company two years earlier. During
the subsequent years, Diego expanded the company into auto repair parts, ice cream
production, soft drink bottling and TV broadcasting.
Gustavo is credited with taking the legacy of his father and expanding it strongly both at home
and abroad.
“Growth is undoubtedly an outstanding accomplishment of Gustavo's leadership of the Cisneros
Group since he took over from his father … at a very young age, and multiplied their dimensions
exponentially in a very short time, breaking fully into the multinational arena, and joining the big
leagues of global business,” says Herrera-Vaillant, who ran the Venezuelan-American Chamber
of Commerce for 16 years during the 1990-2006 period.“Vision, agility, flexibility and boldness
also come to mind as he took his group into ever expanding and evolving areas of business,
always seeking and identifying opportunities and synergies that could bring growth, strength and
experience to the organization. But I would also add focus, because it is my belief that - even as
he led the group into several fields and took on new challenges in completely different areas -
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his underlying focus and core interest seem consistently inspired in an unwavering faith in the
unlimited potential of combined media, information and technology, starting from a platform of
local television and escalating into all of the stunning range of new options that are now
available and that will continue to multiply in the future.”
In 1984 Cisneros acquired Spalding & Evenflo companies. Spalding was one of the top sports
equipment producers in the world (especially in basketball and golf), while Evenflo is a
manufacturer of infant and toddler car seats, gates, and bathing products. The company was
sold to KKR in 1996. In 1996, the Cisneros group created a joint venture with Hughes
Electronics to bring DirecTV to Latin America, and two years later a joint venture with AOL to
bring that brand to Latin America.
While Gustavo Cisneros often resold assets he had acquired – mostly at a hefty profit – he did
not purchase at a whim. Instead, he spent considerable time to prepare for the purchases in
cases like Univision, Rao points out.
“Gustavo has been a visionary leader transforming the Group into what it is today,” Segal says.
Asked about what he himself considers his key legacy, Gustavo Cisneros tells Latinvex:
“Primarily, having bolstered Cisneros’s international expansion, thanks to a strategy based on
diversification and synergy, was one of my greatest achievements. Even during the seventies, I
had a clear vision of where we were going, and we started laying down the foundation that
would allow us to take the decisive step of becoming an authentic multinational company in the
eighties.”
The period started with the acquisition of the American Bottling (ABB) in 1981, the Cisneros
Group’s first experience in LBO [leverage buy-out], a phenomenon that would change the face
of Wall Street forever, and the purchase of AAB reflected that transformation, he points out.
“One by one, Spalding, Evenflo, Galerías Preciados were added to our portfolio. Of course, one
of our most successful operations was the purchase of Univision in 1992, which we later sold in
2007.”
Over the years, the Cisneros group also has attracted some of Venezuela’s top talent. In
addition to Rangel (who had served as chief of staff of President Carlos Andres Perez) they
include people like Jose Antonio Rios, Chairman and CEO ofCelistics, and Eduardo Hauser,
who served as executive vice president for AOL Latin America for six years before founding
news generator DailyMe in 2005 and ran it until its sale to ePals in 2011. Rios, a former high
ranking executive with Telefonica and Global Crossing, spent 13 years as corporate vice
president at the Cisneros Group before continuing to work indirectly with Cisneros as CEO of
DirecTV Latin America. Hauser worked as Managing Director of the Cisneros companies for
more than a decade after starting out as an intern while studying law in Caracas.
Although Gustavo Cisneros no longer will be involved in the details of the day to day operations,
he is expected to continue working closely with Adriana on strategy. “He most certainly will
continue to provide vision and strategy inputs to the group’s development,” Rangel says.
And, not to be underestimated: Providing a “Golden Rolodex” of key contacts worldwide. During
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the past 45 years he has built an impressive roster of friendships and relationships with a Who’s
Who of political and business leaders around the world, including the elder and junior
Presidents Bush, Henry Kissinger, Mexican mogul Carlos Slim, the late Italian mogul Gianni
Agnelli and the two wealthiest people in the United States, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett.
He has often used those contacts to help promote ideas such as free trade and better education
in Latin America.
“Gustavo’s legacy is also one of Hemispheric leadership,” Segal says. “He sees and
understands the opportunities and challenges that face the region not just as a businessman but
as a statesman. That makes him very unique.”
However, Gustavo Cisneros emphasizes that Adriana will be running the company. “I am a firm
believer of the right of the younger generation to do things their own way,” he tells Latinvex. “As
the second generation, I worked with what my father left me and lead the company through a
period of successful international expansion. Now, it’s Adriana’s turn. She has accepted the
family legacy. She has embraced the principles and values we have instilled in her
wholeheartedly and instinctively. She has started her executive career on the right foot and she
has a very clear and innovative vision as to where the company should continue to expand.”
FEARLESS AND PROFESSIONAL
Adriana Cisneros will likely resemble her father in key ingredients for a thriving leadership such
as understanding of a multicultural world; size and density of networks and talent to produce
successful content, Rangel says.
Gustavo adds another trait that both he and Adriana have. When explaining to Forbes columnist
Rao why he chose Adriana as his successor, he responded:“Because I am fearless, and she is
the same.”
Gonzalez-Sanfeliu remembers meeting Adriana Cisneros three years ago at an event in Miami.
“You could immediately tell that Adriana was indeed going to end up being the new head of the
Cisneros long run family empire by how comfortable and professional her demeanor was,” she
says. “She has a distinct presence about her.”
However, Adriana Cisneros will also likely set her mark by focusing more on technology. “While
her father Gustavo will continue to provide his vision to the Cisneros Group Development; the
enterprise led by Adriana will most probably become a stronger player in cyber space,” Rangel
says.
In the interview with Latinvex, Adriana Cisneros expressed her passion for technology. “In my
new role as CEO I will continue working on the plan developed as head of strategy
spearheading our endeavors in the digital world,” she says. “The most fascinating thing for me is
how to conceive new successful businesses that are at the forefront of technological
developments and still satisfy the present needs of the general public as this impacts their
means of communication. I am really passionate about anticipating how all the pieces of the