José Luis Corripio

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Corripio and the second or maternal family name is Estrada.
José Luis Corripio
Born 12 March 1934
Arroes, Villaviciosa, Asturias, Spain
Nationality Dominican, Spaniard[1][2]
Other names Pepín
Ethnicity White Dominican
Known for Entrepreneurship
Board member of
 Grupo Corripio
Religion Christian
Denomination Roman Catholicism
Spouse(s) Ana María Alonso
Children Manuel, José Alfredo, Lucía, Ana
Parent(s) Manuel Corripio, Sara Estrada
Relatives Rafaela Martínez (daughter-in-law, married to Manuel)[3]
Awards

Dominican RepublicOfficer of the Order of Merit of Duarte, Sanchez and Mella[4][5]
Dominican RepublicGrand Cross of the Order of Christopher Columbus[4]
SpainGrand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit[4]

TaiwanGrand Cordon of the Order of Brilliant Star[4]

José Luis ‘Pepín’ Corripio Estrada (born 12 March 1934, in Arroes, Spain) is a Dominican businessman of Spanish origin.

Born in 1934 as the only child in a poor family in Spain, Corripio’s family migrated to the Dominican Republic when he was still an infant, fleeing from the Spanish Civil War.[1] His father, Manuel Corripio García, founded a shop, and by the time of the death of the strongman Rafael Trujillo in 1961, Corripio García was the third richest man in the Dominican Republic, only after Trujillo himself and Rafael Esteva Menéndez (the founder of IMCA S.A.).[6][7] The business grew and diversified, becoming in Grupo Corripio, an economic empire in the Dominican Republic; Corripio Estrada became the wealthiest man in the country.[1][4]

Early life

Corripio Estrada born in 1934 in the Spanish village of Arroes, in Asturias, to Sara Estrada and Manuel Corripio García (1908–2004). In 1938, the Dominican Republic became his new home amid the Spanish Civil War.[4]

On 16 August 1963, Corripio married Ana María Alonso, a native of Piloña (Asturias), at the Holy Cave of Covadonga (Asturias).[8]

Business career

In the early 1960s, José Luis Corripio began a process of diversification and expansion of the family business. In 1973, he went into the media business.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Pepín Corripio: "Mi padre vino a República Dominicana con la pobreza a cuestas"" (in Spanish). Santo Domingo: Panorama Digital. Retrieved 31 July 2014. 13 December 2013
  2. ↑ "La boda de cuento de una asturiana en el Caribe" (in Spanish). El Comercio. 1 March 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  3. ↑ Rosario, Fausto (2 March 2014). "La boda de Sara y Pelle, un acontecimiento para colocar a Manuel Corripio en la cumbre" (in Spanish). Santo Domingo: Acento. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Nader Correa, Emir. "José Luis Corripio Estrada "Pepín Corripio" el hombre más rico, más noble y más sencillo de la República Dominicana". Acontecerfinanciero.com (in Spanish). ¿Qué Pasa?. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  5. ↑ "LF condecora a Pepín Corripio con orden de Duarte Sánchez y Mella" (in Spanish). Santo Domingo: El Nuevo Diario. 7 March 2009. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  6. ↑ Céspedes, Diógenes (26 September 2009). "Los viejos ricos y su cultura pre moderna" (in Spanish). Hoy. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  7. ↑ Ramírez, Juan M. (9 February 2008). "Celebran centenario de Manuel Corripio" (in Spanish). Hoy. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  8. ↑ GARCÍA FAYA, Elisa (17 August 2013). "Los Corripio-Alonso, medio siglo juntos" (in Spanish). Covadonga, Asturias, Spain: La Nueva España. Archived from the original on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2014.