Interview with Andrónico Luksic Craig, 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; spa
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 21
Subjects: Interviews; Industrialists; Mines and mineral resources; Banks and banking; International business enterprises; Diversification in industry; Business; History; Economic conditions; Politics and government; Commerce
Description: Mr. Luksic discusses his family's ventures in Chile and throughout Latin America. He talks about his experiences in the banking and finance industry, including his direction of multiple banks in Chile. Mr. Luksic attributes his success in business to his belief in an incremental approach to investment and growth. He also discusses his family's entrance into mining and the auto industry and the benefits of diversification and international expansion.
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 September 3 in Santiago by Dr. Andrea Lluch, HBS Research Associate, through the sponsorship of the Business History Initiative, Harvard Business School.

Interview with Andrónico Luksic Craig, interviewed by Andrea Lluch, Santiago, Chile, September 3, 2008, Creating Emerging Markets Oral History Collection, Baker Library Historical Collections, Harvard Business School.

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Andrónico Luksic Craig is currently the vice chairman of Banco de Chile, Chile's second largest bank, and vice chairman of Quiñenco S.A., which controls the financial and industrial investments of Grupo Luksic. Founded by Andrónico Luksic Abaroa in the early 1950s, Grupo Luksic got its start in the mining industry (principally copper, the country's most important natural resource) and later diversified into telecommunications, banking, food and beverages, hotels, and railways. A prominent figure in international circles, Mr. Luksic has been a major proponent of Chile's integration into the global economy and has served on a number of committees and councils to further this objective. Mr. Luksic is a trustee at Babson College, a member of the Global Advisory Board at Harvard Business School, and a member of the Advisory Board of Tsinghua School of Economics and Management. He is also an avid mountaineer, summiting Mount Everest in 2004 and completing the "Seven Summits of the World" in 2005 by summiting the highest peak in each of the seven continents.

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

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