Career
Having originally trained as an engineer, the Harvard graduate and Venezuelan national has since cemented a reputation as an executive with the know-how to head businesses through turbulent economic circumstances. Although market conditions have varied to quite extraordinary degrees throughout her career, what has remained is Henriquez’s affiliation with the wines and spirits business, which has spanned 28 of her 35 years in business.
In 1991 Henriquez was installed as president of what would later be named Seagram’s Venezuelan line of operations, and it was through this work that she attracted the attention of luxury conglomerate and world-renowned connoisseur LVMH Moët Hennesey. Henriquez’s time spent as president of Bodega Chandon from 2001 onwards saw her reconfigure the brand’s image and adapt to a market in the midst of change.