The Miró Quesada family is a

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vian business family. The family is considered one of the most powerful groups in the country, due to the business conglomerate in media, mining, tourism, and banking that is under its ownership. Most notably, the family is the owner of El Comercio Group, a

media conglomerate A media conglomerate, media company, media group, or media institution is a company that owns numerous companies involved in mass media enterprises, such as music, television, radio, publishing, motion pictures, video games, amusement parks, or ...

that owns the newspaper of the same name.

History

The family traces its origins to Tomás Miró and his wife Josefa de Quesada, who left San Juan de Penonomé in

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towards Peru in 1847. They had six children: Antonio, Luis, Aurelio, Óscar, Miguel and Josefa "Pepita" Miró Quesada. Of these children, Antonio (

; —

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; ) became the sole owner of '' El Comercio'', a newspaper originally founded in 1839 by José Manuel Amunátegui y Muñoz (

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, —

) and Alejandro Villota (

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, —

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, ), after the death of co-owner in 1898 as part of an arrangement between both parties. Since then, different branches of the family have been closely involved with both the newspaper and the media conglomerate of the same name.

Notable members

Antonio Miró Quesada de la Guerra Antonio Tomás Miró Quesada de la Guerra (Callao; — Lima; ) was a Peruvian journalist, lawyer, diplomat and politician. He was director of the newspaper '' El Comercio'' from 1905 until his assassination in 1935, having written articles in his ...

(1875–1935), director of ''El Comercio'' * Carlos Miró-Quesada Laos (1903–1969), diplomat and fascist politician * César Miró Quesada (1907–1999), writer and composer *

Óscar Miró Quesada de la Guerra Óscar Miró Quesada de la Guerra (1884–1981) also known as Racso, was a prominent Peruvian scientific journalist. He was born in Lima on July 30, 1884 and died in 1981. He was the son of José Antonio Miró Quesada and Matilde de la Guerra G ...

(1884–1981), scientific journalist

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History

Notable members

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