Interview with Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat, interviewed by Andrea Lluch, New York City, U.S.A.
Contributors: Lluch, Andrea, interviewer; Harvard Business School
Publisher: Harvard Business School
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Bosto, MA
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 26
Subjects: Interviews; Women industrialists; Women philanthropists; Personnel management; Social responsibility of business; Business; History; Economic conditions; Commerce; Loma Negra
Description: Mrs. Fortabat discusses the unique aspects of being one of the few women in the executive world in Latin America, having taken over Loma Negra after her husband's death. She stresses the importance of loyalty and a positive working relationship between employees/unions and management for her companies' success in Argentina, noting that Loma Negra never suffered a strike during her tenure. Mrs. Fortabat notes that her commitment to corporate social responsibility led to great investment in schools, hospitals, and day care centers for workers. She also talks about her later decision to open an art museum to display her private collection.
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 May 12 in New York City by Dr. Andrea Lluch, HBS Research Associate, through the sponsorship of the Business History Initiative, Harvard Business School.

Interview with Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat, interviewed by Andrea Lluch, New York City, U.S.A., May 12, 2008, Creating Emerging Markets Oral History Collection, Baker Library Historical Collections, Harvard Business School.

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Born in 1921, Argentinean businesswoman and philanthropist Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat served as president of Argentina's largest cement manufacturer, Loma Negra C.I.A.S.A., from 1976 until 2005, when the company became a subsidiary of Camargo Correa Cimentos S.A. After the sale, she remained involved in the Fundacion Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat, which has actively supported a wide range of Argentine charitable organizations since 1971. In October 2008, the foundation opened the Museum Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat in Buenos Aires. She was the president of Fondo Nacional de las Artes from 1992 to 2003, and the Ambassador-at-Large of the Argentine Republic from 1989 to 2002. She was a member of the Latin American Advisory Board of Deutsche Bank AG from 2008 to 2009. Until her death on February 18, 2012, Ms. Fortabat served on the boards of numerous institutions and cultural associations in Argentina and abroad and received many awards for both business achievements and cultural contributions.

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

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