Background
Sáez was born in 1913 to a Chilean military officer who married his cousin. In 1925, his father was sent to France on a military mission and the whole family traveled there.
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Raul Saez
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In Paris, Saez enrolled in one of the traditional French Lycees, where he studied Mathematics and Philosophy.
Career
His first school years were spent in the Colegio Alemán (German School) of Santiago. His first project after graduation was the Electrification Plan for Chile, which would eventually lead to the foundation of Endesa (Chile"s national electricity company). Saez actually joined Endesa in 1940 as Chief Engineer for Civil Engineering and eventually rose to the position of Chief Executive Officer of the company in 1961.
Without leaving his job in Endesa, Saez joined Civil Air Patrol (Compania de Aceros del Pacifico, Chile"s largest steel manufacturing company) between 1944 and 1947 and played important roles in CORFO (Chile"s corporation for industrial development), IANSA (Chile"s national sugar company) and ENTEL (Chile"s telecommunications company), among others
He has been called "Chile"s greatest maker of works of progress in the second half of the 20th century". He is also well-remembered for leading the effort to avert the overflowing of Riñihue Lake in the aftermath of the devastating Great Chilean earthquake of 22 May 1960 (a huge undertaking which is known as the "Epic of the Riñihue" (see Riñihuazo) and which at least one writer has called "Chile"s finest hour").
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Chile