The cement industry is largely controlled by one player--Cemex--and its billionaire chief, Lorenzo Zambrano.
Lorenzo Zambrano is still very much an energetic entrepreneur who's building up his company.
One of Mexico's few truly multinational companies, Cemex was founded in 1906 by Lorenzo Zambrano's grandfather, also named Lorenzo.
Lorenzo Zambrano began working summers at Cemex in the early 1960s when he was a teenager attending nearby Monterrey Tech.
Billionaire attendees back then included: Joseph Safra of Brazil, Gustavo Cisneros of Venezuela, Lorenzo Zambrano of Mexico, Alberto Bailleres of Mexico.
FORBES: Carlos Slim Meets With Latin America's Richest In Brazil (UPDATE)
Billionaire attendees: Joseph Safra of Brazil, Gustavo Cisneros of Venezuela, Lorenzo Zambrano of Mexico, Alberto Bailleres of Mexico.
Cemex was not marked for success: Lorenzo Zambrano had to create it.
The cement industry is largely controlled by one player-- Cemex (nyse: CX - news - people )--and its billionaire chief, Lorenzo Zambrano.
In August Lorenzo Zambrano, the chairman and CEO of Cemex, the world's biggest building-materials supplier, which built its empire out of the limestone cliffs of Monterrey, vented his anger on Twitter.
The deeper answer is that, having more than trebled turnover and doubled profits from 1992 to a peak in 2001, Lorenzo Zambrano, Cemex's boss since 1985, has seen two years of stagnant turnover and far lower profits.
Brilliantly managed by Chairman and Chief Executive Lorenzo Zambrano, 54, its success stems from several interrelated factors: acquisitions, economies of scale, pricing power, ruthless cost-cutting -- all of which have been made possible by large and intelligent investment in communications technology.
应用推荐