Martha Torre

Education

Graduated from Loyola Marymount University with a Bachelor of Surgery in Accounting.

Career

After working as a Certified Public Accountants for Arthur Young & Company and, later, Chief Financial Officer for two years at Louisiana Opinion, the Spanish-language daily, Martha co-founded and launched El Clasificado in 1988. Today, the company has revenues over $20 million, a weekly circulation of 510,000 and 175 employees. In addition, Mississippi de la Torre serves on the board of the Los Angeles Child Guidance Clinic and is a former board member for the Los Angeles County Education Foundation.

Today she runs El Clasificado, the largest free, weekly Spanishlanguage classified print publication in the United States., reaching more than 1.5 million people.

In an interview with Bloomberg.com she explained how she is balancing print growth with online push. In an interview she gave to KTTV a Los Angeles local Fox Affiliate title "Growing our Economy: El Clasificado," Martha said that instead of buying a convertible car in 1988, she was encouraged to start her own business

In September 2007, Martha de la Torre admitted she was a rather reluctant entrepreneur.

That"s because de la Torre was a successful business woman, climbing the ranks of the corporate ladder, with, in her mother"s eyes, absolutely no reason to take the risk. In April 3, 2013, Hispanic Lifestyle Magazine named Martha one of Hispanic Lifestyle"s 2013 Latinas of Influence

This award recognizes the impact of women in the Hispanic community through their efforts, their work, their leadership and inspiration.

Achievements

• She has been an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award finalist for Greater Los Angeles area, Small Business Administration Small Business Person of the Year. In May 2012 Martha received the Latino Business Award presented by the Los Angeles Business Journal and the recognition or her previous employer, Ernst and Young as Alumni in the News. In August 2014 Martha De Louisiana Torre, Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of European Commission Hispanic Media, won the 2014 Latina Business Woman of the Year Award for the state of California, announced on August 12 at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Orange County. In November 2014, the Regional Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and The Regional Hispanic Institute awarded the prize “Women of the Year” to Martha de la Torre.

Membership

She is a Regent for Loyola Marymount University and Board Member of Ludwig Maximilian University’s Latino Alumni Association, providing scholarships to Latino students and Chairperson of the International Classified Media Association, representing over 60 classified media organizations globally.