Interview with Arturo Acevedo, interviewed by Andrea Lluch, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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: 33
Subjects: Interviews; Steel industry and trade; Industrialists; Joint ventures; Personnel management; Social responsibility of business; Business; History; Economic conditions; Politics and government; Commerce; Acindar (Firm)
Description: Mr. Acevedo relates the history of ACINDAR from its development as a national steel company under his grandfather, to its joint ventures and eventual partnerships with Thyssen AG, Gurmendi Group, Belgo Group, and Arcelor Mittal and his growth in the company from his teenage years through adulthood. He discusses the particularities of working in Argentina due to its political and economic volatility, especially the resultant market fluctuations, and the necessity of international partnerships to ride out periods of national instability. He also details the importance of education in the workforce, and his personal definition of corporate social responsibility.
Notes: Interview translated into English. Transcript available in English and Spanish.

Title from PDF title page (viewed on September 4, 2014).

Interviewed in Spanish on 2008 August 29 in Buenos Aires by Dr. Andrea Lluch, HBS Research Associate, through the sponsorship of the Business History Initiative, Harvard Business School.

Interview with Arturo Acevedo, interviewed by Andrea Lluch, Buenos Aires, Argentina, August 29, 2008, Creating Emerging Markets Oral History Collection, Baker Library Historical Collections, Harvard Business School.

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Arturo Acevedo is currently president and CEO of Acindar Grupo Arcelor Mittal, the largest integrated producer of non-flat steel products in Argentina. He graduated as an engineer from the Buenos Aires Technological Institute and went on to obtain a master's degree in mechanical engineering from Cornell University. He started his business career in 1965 as a trainee at Acindar. After many years and several positions with the company, Mr. Acevedo was appointed president in 1994 and then named president and CEO in 2000. When Acindar became part of global giant Grupo ArcelorMittal, he was elected group vice-president for Long Carbon South America and country manager for Argentina. In addition, he is president of the Steel Producers Association and vice-president of the Argentine Business Council for Sustainable Development. He is also a member of and holds positions in numerous organizations, both domestic and foreign, with a focus on steel technology and commerce.

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

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