Rómulo O'Farrill: Difference between revisions

Content deleted Content added

Inline

Latest revision as of 18:56, 23 October 2024

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

His father, Rómulo O'Farrill, founded the Novedades newspaper and owned the first commercial TV station (XHTV, Canal 4) through his company Televisión de México.

With engineer Guillermo González Camarena and businessmen Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta, Ernesto Barrientos Reyes and Miguel Alemán Valdés as partners, they created the Telesistema Mexicano, S.A. company. Later on, in partnership with Emilio Azcárraga Milmo and Miguel Alemán Velasco and Televisión Independiente de México, he created TELEVISA. He was the honorary consul of Ireland in Mexico.

He learned English and graduated from Saint Anselm College in 1937.

Family

Married to Hilda Ávila Camacho, daughter of General Maximino Ávila Camacho, for 60 years, he fathered six children, only four of whom survived. He has 10 grandchildren.^[1]

Trivia

A bridge and a street in Mexico City are named after him.

References

^ "RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: BINDER family of Bukovina & Washington State & CAMPEAU family of Canada & Washington State". wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com. Retrieved 2017-10-12.

External links

O'Farrill, Rómulo Antonio (Jr.) (1917-2006), media entrepreneur in: Irish Migration Studies in Latin America 5:1 (March 2007), pp. 82-83.

This Mexican business biographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[1] "RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: BINDER family of Bukovina & Washington State & CAMPEAU family of Canada & Washington State". wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com. Retrieved 2017-10-12.

[1]

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-'''Rómulo O'Farrill Jr.''' (15 December 1917 &ndash; 18 May 2006) was a [[multi-millionaire]] [[Mexico|Mexican]] businessman.
+{{Short description|Mexican multi-millionaire businessman}}
+[[File:Romulo O'Farrill Jr.jpg|thumb|Romulo O'Farrill II in 1974]]
+'''Rómulo O'Farrill II''' (15 December 1917 &ndash; 18 May 2006) was a Mexican [[multi-millionaire]] businessman.
-His father Rómulo O'Farrill Senior founded the ''[[Novedades]]'' newspaper and owned the first commercial [[TV station]] ([[XHTV-TV|XHTV]], Canal 4) through his company [[Televisión de México]]. With engineer [[Guillermo González Camarena]] and businessmen [[Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta]], Ernesto Barrientos Reyes and [[Miguel Alemán Valdés]] as partners, they created the ''Telesistema Mexicano, S.A.'' company. Later on, in partnership with Emilio Azcárraga Milmo and Miguel Alemán Velasco and Televisión Independiente de México, he created TELEVISA. He was also the honorary [[consul]] of [[Ireland]] in [[Mexico]].
+His father, Rómulo O'Farrill, founded the ''[[Novedades]]'' newspaper and owned the first commercial [[TV station]] ([[XHTV-TV|XHTV]], Canal 4) through his company Televisión de México.
+With engineer [[Guillermo González Camarena]] and businessmen [[Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta]], Ernesto Barrientos Reyes and [[Miguel Alemán Valdés]] as partners, they created the ''Telesistema Mexicano, S.A.'' company. Later on, in partnership with Emilio Azcárraga Milmo and Miguel Alemán Velasco and Televisión Independiente de México, he created TELEVISA. He was the honorary [[consul (representative)|consul]] of [[Ireland]] in [[Mexico]].
 He learned English and graduated from [[Saint Anselm College]] in 1937.
+==Family==
-Married to Hilda Avila Camacho, 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. He has 10 grandchildren: Víctor Hugo Jr., Claudia Lorenza, Ana Paula, Caroline, José Antonio Jr., Christian, Francesca, Patrick, Hilda Romy and Roberto Jr.
+Married to Hilda Ávila Camacho, daughter of General [[Maximino Ávila Camacho]], for 60 years, he fathered six children, only four of whom survived. He has 10 grandchildren.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=lesdel&id=I474|title=RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: BINDER family of Bukovina & Washington State & CAMPEAU family of Canada & Washington State.|website=wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com|access-date=2017-10-12}}</ref>
-==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 [[:Category:Streets in Mexico City|street in Mexico City]] are named after him.
+A bridge and a street in [[Mexico City]] are named after him.
+==References==
-Through his life, Romulo helped numerous institutions, such as the Red Cross, orphanages, children's hospitals, etc.
+{{Reflist}}
+==External links==
+*[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.]
-{{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. -->
-| NAME              = Ofarrill, Romulo
-| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
-| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Mexican businessman
-| DATE OF BIRTH     = 15 December 1917
-| PLACE OF BIRTH    =
-| DATE OF DEATH     = 18 May 2006
-| PLACE OF DEATH    =
-}}
 {{DEFAULTSORT:Ofarrill, Romulo}}
+[[Category:1917 births]]
+[[Category:2006 deaths]]
+[[Category:Saint Anselm College alumni]]
 [[Category:Maria Moors Cabot Prize winners]]
 [[Category:Mexican people of Irish descent]]
-[[Category:Mexican businesspeople]]
+[[Category:20th-century Mexican businesspeople]]
 [[Category:Mexican company founders]]
-[[Category:1917 births]]
-[[Category:2006 deaths]]