Rómulo O'Farrill, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Rómulo O'Farrill

Mexican entrepreneur

Date of Birth: 15-Dec-1917

Date of Death: 18-May-2006

Profession: entrepreneur

Nationality: Mexico

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Rómulo O'Farrill II (15 December 1917 – 18 May 2006) was a Mexican multi-millionaire businessman. His father, Rómulo O'Farrill, founded the Novedades newspaper and owned the first commercial TV station (XHTV, Canal 4) through his company Televisión de México. With engineer Guillermo González Camarena and businessmen Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta, Ernesto Barrientos Reyes and Miguel Alemán Valdés as partners, they created the Telesistema Mexicano, S.A.
company.
Later on, in partnership with Emilio Azcárraga Milmo and Miguel Alemán Velasco and Televisión Independiente de México, he created TELEVISA.
He was the honorary consul of Ireland in Mexico. He learned English and graduated from Saint Anselm College in 1937.