Emilio Diez Barroso is a Mexican-American businessman and philanthropist, Chairman and CEO of , a family office with operations across various industries including communications, transportation, consumer products, real estate, technology and media.
Biography
Diez Barroso is the great-grandson of Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta, founder of Mexico's Televisa network. He studied Economics and Finance at Harvard University, I.T.A.M. and Boston Universities, and has an M.A. in Psychology from the University of Santa Monica with an emphasis on Consciousness Health and Healing. Diez Barroso has held senior-level positions and sat on the board of most NALA owned companies. He was Managing Director for Corporacion Triangulo, an investment corporation headquartered in Mexico and was named one of the 10 most powerful Latinos by , and by The Hollywood Reporter. Emilio is a founding partner of , a venture capital firm investing in exponential transformation. He currently chairs the board of , a non-profit organization empowering children to change their own lives and communities through books, libraries, and educational programs. He is also on the board of , a national nonprofit dedicated to ending intergenerational poverty, of a nonprofit leading the way in reducing homelessness, and is a member of the X Prize Foundation's Innovation Board. He is on the client advisory council for , and serves on the boards of , , and the . He is also on the board of and of . In collaboration with Daniel Cordaro, Emilio co-founded , which develops child and adult-centered curricula that supports individuals in recognizing their inherent wellbeing.
NALA Investments
In 1999, Emilio Diez Barroso founded , and is currently its Chairman and CEO. It is a private investment holding company with operations across various industries including communications, energy, transportation, consumer products, real estate, technology and media, primarily in the United States and Latin America.
In 2005, Diez Barroso founded NALA Investments' production arm, NALA Films, that couples "Latin American talent, resources and incentives" and "English language motion pictures", and is based in Los Angeles. NALA Films' "has been producing and financing "two to five feature films per year."
