Interview with Jorge Marín Correa, interviewed by Andrea Lluch, Santiago, Chile
Contributors: Lluch, Andrea, interviewer; Harvard Business School
Publisher: Harvard Business School
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Boston, MA
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 43
Subjects: Interviews; Industrialists; Energy industries; International business enterprises; Social responsibility of business; Business; History; Economic conditions; Politics and government; Commerce; Compañia General de Elctricidad S.A.
Description: Mr. Marín provides a detailed picture of the inner workings of Grupo CGE, including information on board deliberations, restructuring, human resources, labor relations, and investment decisions. He also elaborates on the company's decision to expand into Argentina and the benefits and pitfalls of the internationalization process. Mr. Marín further discusses his views on the importance of innovation, leadership, professionalism, and a sense of community for CGE's business success. He provides wide-ranging descriptions of the energy markets in Chile and Argentina.
Notes: Interview translated into English. Transcript available in English and Spanish.

Title from PDF title page (viewed on September 18, 2014).

Interviewed in Spanish on 2008 January 16 in Santiago by Dr. Andrea Lluch, HBS Research Associate, through the sponsorship of the Business History Initiative, Harvard Business School.

Interview with Jorge Marín Correa, interviewed by Andrea Lluch, Santiago, Chile, January 16, 2008, Creating Emerging Markets Oral History Collection, Baker Library Historical Collections, Harvard Business School.

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Jorge Marín Correa is the president of Grupo CGE, a leading energy utility group supplying electricity and gas in Chile and Argentina. He studied business management at IPEVE and pursued postgraduate studies in finance and commercialization. At present, he is also president of Indiver S.A.; president of Territoria, a real estate development company; and vice president of mining and maritime sector services at Detroit Chile S.A. In addition, he sits on the board of Empresas CMPC, forest industrial sector; Grupo Security S.A., financial holding; and on the boards of several other Grupo CGE affiliates. He is a member of the Advisory Council for the Center of Public Studies, one of the most influential think tanks in Chile as well as a member of the Advisory Business Council of the Universidad de los Andes Business Management School and of the Advisory Business Council of Universidad del Desarrollo.

Forms part of: Latin American oral history collection, 2006-2009.

Forms part of: Creating Emerging Markets oral history collection, 2006-