The Azcárraga family is a wealthy
Mexican media
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dynasty. The center of their business empire,
Televisa
Grupo Televisa, S.A.B., simply known as Televisa, is a Mexican telecommunications and broadcasting company. A major Latin American mass media corporation, it often presents itself as the largest producer of Spanish-language content.
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, is the main television network in Mexico and the largest producer and broadcaster of
Spanish language
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media in the world.
Notable members
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Raúl Azcárraga Vidaurreta. Founder of
XEW.
*Emilio Azcárraga:
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Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta, brother of the former. Founder of
Televisa
Grupo Televisa, S.A.B., simply known as Televisa, is a Mexican telecommunications and broadcasting company. A major Latin American mass media corporation, it often presents itself as the largest producer of Spanish-language content.
In April ...
.
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Emilio Azcárraga Milmo
Emilio Azcárraga Milmo or Emilio Azcárraga Jr. (September 6, 1930, in San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas – April 16, 1997, outside Miami, Miami, Florida) was a Mexican businessman and the son of Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta and Laura Milmo Hi ...
, son of Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta.
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Emilio Azcárraga Jean, son of Azcárraga Milmo. Current president of Grupo Televisa.
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Gastón Azcárraga, fugitive from Mexican justice and former head of
Grupo Posadas and
Mexicana airlines.
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Andrés Azcárraga, Olympic equestrian
External links
History of EAV and EAMat the
Museum of Broadcast Communications
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Mexican business families
Mexican mass media owners
Mexican people of Basque descent
Television company families