- Antonio López Fajardo
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name = Antonio López Fajardo
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birth_date = birth date|1916|11|25|mf=y
birth_place =El Palmar ,Estado Bolivar ,Venezuela
death_date = death date and age|1998|1|3|1916|11|25|mf=y
death_place =Caracas, Venezuela
occupation = Pepsi-Cola y Hit de Venezuela CEO and Chairman
spouse = Maria Lucila Ramirez de LópezAntonio López de Haro Fajardo (
November 25 ,1916 ,El Palmar ,Estado Bolivar ,Venezuela -January 3 ,1998 ,Caracas, Venezuela ) wasChief Executive Officer andChairman of the Board for "Pepsi-Cola y Hit de Venezuela" from 1973 until 1996.He graduated from the Advanced Management Program at
Harvard University . He is credited with having made "Pepsi-Cola y Hit de Venezuela" the largest private corporation in Venezuela during his tenure. "Pepsi-Cola y Hit de Venezuela" was a group of 25 companies and later part of theCisneros Group . Mr. López Fajardo retired in 1996 and became honorary Chairman of the Board until his death in 1998. Other positions he held include:
*Director of the then multinational corporation Liquid Carbonic
*Director of Tapas Coronas
*Director of theBanco Industrial de Venezuela
*Head of the ad-hoc Governmental Advisory Committee for the Reform of Pensions and Labor Laws during the second presidency ofRafael Caldera López Fajardo was awarded the prestigious
Orden Francisco de Miranda , for his contributions to the economic development of Venezuela.He was married to Maria Lucila Ramirez de López for forty-nine years until his death. They had four children, the eldest being investment banker-turned-photographer
Alejandro López de Haro .
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