Rómulo O'Farril

Rómulo O'Farril

Rómulo O'Farrill Jr. (15 December 1917 – 18 May 2006) was a multi-millionaire Mexican businessman.

His father Rómulo O'Farrill Senior founded the newspaper "Novedades" and owned the first commercial TV station (XHTV, Canal 4) through his company Televisión de México partnered with engineer Guillermo González Camarena and businessmen Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta and Miguel Alemán Valdés to create the company "Telesistema Mexicano, S.A."later on Mr. Rómulo O'Farrill Jr became partner with Emilio Azcárraga Milmo and Miguel Alemán Velasco and they created TELEVISA also he was the honorary consul of Ireland in Mexico.

Married to Hilda Avila Camacho (r.i.p.), daughter of General Maximino Ávila Camacho for 60 years, he fathered six children, only four of whom survived.Víctor Hugo, Hilda Gloria, José Antonio and Roberto, have him 10 grand childrenVíctor Hugo Jr., Claudia Lorenza, Ana Paula, Caroline, Josá Antonio Jr., Christian, Francesca, Patrick, Hilda Romy and new born Roberto Jr.

External references

* [http://www.irlandeses.org/dilab_ofarrillr.htm O'Farrill, Rómulo Antonio (Jr.) (1917-2006), media entrepreneur in: "Irish Migration Studies in Latin America" 5:1 (March 2007), pp. 82-83.]

Trivia

A bridge and a are named after him.

Trough his life, Romulo helped numerous institutions, as the red cross, orphanages, and children's hospitals etc.


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