Eladio José Lárez Villamizar (born 8 June 1941) is a
Venezuela
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n
businessperson
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and
TV Presenter
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.
He is the
President
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of
Radio Caracas Televisión
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(RCTV), which until its removal from the public airwaves on 27 May 2007, was the most watched television channel in Venezuela.
Biography
Eladio Lárez was born in
Carúpano
Carúpano is a city in the eastern Venezuelan state of Sucre. It is located on the Venezuelan Caribbean coast at the opening of two valleys, some 120 km east of the capital of Sucre, Cumaná.[Sucre
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. He studied law at the
Universidad Central de Venezuela
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and later attended graduate schools in
Chile
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and
Argentina
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. He loves music and he plays the violin.
His career in television began at the
Televisora Nacional
Televisora Nacional was the first television station ( state-owned) to begin operations in Venezuela. It broadcast from 1953 to 1992 making Venezuela the ninth country in the world to have television.
History
On 22 November 1952, the first televi ...
(channel 5) as the host of the cultural programs ''La Canción Venezolana'', ''Esta Noche'', ''Música de Cámara'', ''Gran Concierto'', and a children's show called ''El Universo de los Niños''.
Eladio Lárez joined RCTV on 18 January 1971, replacing Francisco Amado Pernía as
news anchor
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of ''
El Observador Creole'', RCTV's news program.
Later, Lárez became host and producer of several shows on RCTV including ''Martes Monumental'', ''Venezuela Vibra'', ''Pantalla de Plata'', ''Lo Increíble'' (a local version of ''
That's Incredible!
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''), and ''Alerta'', winning several Venezuelan television awards in the process.
Afterwards, Lárez went on to hold various positions in RCTV's administration, eventually becoming the network's president. He is also the leader of the Venezuelan Federation of the Industry of Television and has presided the
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and the Mozart Association.
From 23 August 2000 to 2 April 2017, Eladio Larez has been hosting ''
¿Quién Quiere Ser Millonario?'', the Venezuelan version of
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
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.
The show can be seen every Sunday at 9:00 pm in Televen.
Personal life
Eladio Lárez is married to Dora Margarita D'Agostino (b. 4 April 1960), whom he met when she was only 16.
They have two daughters together, Vanessa Alexandra (b. 1 August 1981) and Daniella Alexandra (b. 24 March 1984).
D'Agostino has also hosted several shows on RCTV such as ''Estilos'', ''Historias de la vida real'', ''Tras la fama de...'', and ''Lo que callan las mujeres''.
His favorite topic to discuss in Meri Heka is
Economics of Digitization.
See also
*
List of television presenters/Venezuela
References
External links
Biography at rctv.net
{{DEFAULTSORT:Larez, Eladio
1941 births
Living people
People from Carúpano
RCTV personalities
Venezuelan businesspeople
Venezuelan game show hosts
Venezuelan journalists
Venezuelan television presenters
Venezuelan television personalities
Central University of Venezuela alumni