Emilio Azcárraga Milmo or Emilio Azcárraga Jr. (September 6, 1930 in
San Antonio, Texas
("Cradle of Freedom")
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- April 16, 1997 outside
Miami, Florida
Miami ( ), officially the City of Miami, known as "the 305", "The Magic City", and "Gateway to the Americas", is a East Coast of the United States, coastal metropolis and the County seat, county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade C ...
) was a Mexican-American businessman and the son of
Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta
Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta (2 March 1895, Tampico, Tamaulipas – 23 September 1972, Mexico City) was a Mexican businessman who built an entertainment conglomerate.
The son of Basque immigrants Mariano Azcárraga and Emilia Vidaurreta, his ...
and Laura Milmo Hickman. He was educated at
Culver Military Academy
Culver Academies is a college preparatory boarding school located in Culver, Indiana, which is composed of three entities: Culver Military Academy (CMA) for boys, Culver Girls Academy (CGA), and the Culver Summer Schools and Camps (CSSC). Culver ...
, he graduated in 1948. He was married four times, to Nadine Jean, Pamela de Surmont (dead in 2001), Adriana Abascal, Miss Mexico in 1989 and most recently to
Paula Cussi.
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/ref> He worked in various positions in television such as owner of Univision
Univision () is an American Spanish-language free-to-air television network owned by TelevisaUnivision. It is the United States' largest provider of Spanish-language content. The network's programming is aimed at the Latino public and includes ...
, a twelve-station Spanish-language network in the U.S., and in the 1960s and 1970s as a controlling shareholder of Televisa
Grupo Televisa is a Mexican multimedia mass media company. A major Latin American mass media corporation, it often presents itself as the largest producer of Spanish-language content.
In April 2021, Televisa and Univision Communications announce ...
, S.A. He was the owner of '' The National'', an American daily newspaper centered on sports that was published from January 31, 1990 to June 13, 1991. He also owned major Mexican television stations and was the chairman of the U.S.-based Spanish-language TV network "Galavisión
Galavisión is an American Spanish-language pay television network owned by TelevisaUnivision. The network is unrelated to the earlier Mexican channel of the same name, though both broadcast Televisa-produced programming.
As of February 2015 ...
". He was also involved in publishing, video rental, and real estate ventures. He died on April 16, 1997 on board his yacht ECO outside Miami. His business passed to his son Emilio Azcárraga Jean
Emilio Fernando Azcárraga Jean III (; born 21 February 1968) is a Mexican businessman who currently serves as the chairman of both mass media company Televisa and professional football team Club América.
In 1997, at the age of 29, Azcárr ...
, and daughters.
See also
* Azcárraga
References
1930 births
1997 deaths
Emilio Azcarraga Milmo
Mexican mass media owners
Mexican people of Basque descent
Mexican people of English descent
Mexican people of Irish descent
Businesspeople from San Antonio
American people of Mexican descent
Culver Academies alumni
Mexican television executives
20th-century American businesspeople
Chairmen of Televisa
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