Education
The Wharton School.
director philanthropist president
The Wharton School.
Elektra began as a workshop assembling electronic appliances for the Salinas Y Rochas chain, a small regional retailer of appliances. Elektra then set up a direct sales operation offering appliances on installments. Hugo Salinas Price currently is retired from retailing and focuses on being a proponent of a sound financial policy for Mexico.
Salinas Price is President, Mexican Civic Association Pro Silver, A.C. (before Christ)
Salinas was born on March 11, 1932 in Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania, his mother"s home town.
He holds degrees from Wharton School from University of Pennsylvania and the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education) as well as a law degree from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México). Has served as Grupo Elektra"s Honorary President since 1993.
From 1952 to 1987, he was a Director of the company. He is now President of the Asociación Cívica Mexicana Pro-Plata A.C. (before Christ), which he founded in 1997.