International Directory of Business Biographies


A. Jerrold Perenchio Biography

Chairman and chief executive officer, Univision

Nationality: American.

Born: 1931, in Fresno, California.

Education: University of California, Los Angeles, BA, 1954.

Family: Son of a winemaker (name unknown); married and divorced twice; married (third wife's name unknown); children: three.

Career: Music Corporation of America, 1958–1963, talent agent; 1963–?, independent talent agent; Embassy Communications, ?–1985, partner; Perenchio Television, 1985–1992, partner; Univision, 1992–, chairman and CEO.

Address: Univision, 1999 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 3050, Los Angeles, California 90067;

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