“Luis de Jesús Rodríguez”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

Luis de Jesus Gutierrez Rodriguez was born on July 8, 1963 in Constanza, a village in the La Vega Province within the central region of the Dominican Republic. He is the son of a Spanish immigrant and a Dominican woman. From a young age, Luis' father decided to leave his job as a farmer to work as a sales representative, and moved the family to the capital of Santo Domingo. After that, they moved to the city of Higüey, in the east of the island.

Luis and his brother studied at the John XXIII School, which was owned by the Catholic Church. Due to economic difficulties as a result of his father's failed businesses, Rodríguez began working from the age of twelve years as a money changer at the entrance of the local post office. In 1978, Luis and his family were evicted from their home by creditors of the property, forcing them to return to Santo Domingo. At the age of 16, Rodríguez decided to apply for the position of washer at the used car department of National Car Rental. Although initially he did not get the job, the interviewer thought Rodríguez was better suited to work in the rental department, and hired him as an assistant. Rodríguez continued studying at public night school while he worked during the day as a rental agent trainee.^[2]

After finishing high school, Rodríguez started his law degree, graduating with honors at the age 21. At this time, he was promoted as general manager of National Car Rental.^[2] Currently, Rodríguez has an MBA from CEU San Pablo University, and a master's degree in Management from the University of Barcelona.^[2]

Business career

At the age of 22, Rodríguez decided to start a car rental business with the help of a Spanish investment group.^[2] In 1986, he founded Express Rent-a-Car with an initial fleet of 8 cars.^[1] Two years later, the business had a fleet of 150 cars and became part of the Thrifty Car Rental Dominican franchise. In 1990, Rodríguez also acquired the Thrifty franchise in Puerto Rico. In 1992, he sold his stake in the company to his Spanish partners to start other businesses.

In 1992, Rodríguez bought the Domino's Pizza franchise for the Dominican Republic, opening the first store in the country a year later.^[1] At that time, Domino's was only the second American franchise in the Dominican Republic.^[3] During that first year, they were able to open three new stores. A year later, Domino's was the first American franchise to open in the country of Haiti. During his time in charge of the franchise, Rodríguez has received the Gold Franny Award, awarded by Domino’s headquarters to the best franchise operators.^[3] His son, Luis Francisco Rodriguez, is general manager of the franchise.^[4]^[5]

In 1997, Rodríguez acquired 50% of the shares of Servicolt, the operating company of the Avis Rent-a-Car franchise. In 2004, he also acquired Budget Car Rental, becoming the largest car rental company in the Dominican Republic.^[6]^[7] In 2015, Rodriguez also acquired Payless Car Rental to consolidate business operations.^[2] Under the direction of Rodríguez, Avis has made alliances with Delta Air Lines,^[8] Mini Cooper,^[6]^[9] and Audi.^[2] Currently, Avis has a fleet of 1,000 vehicles and 16 locations in the Dominican Republic.^[10]

In 2004, Rodríguez was recognized by the organization JCI Jaycees '72, along with other young people, as one of the Outstanding Young Persons of the Dominican Republic.^[11]^[12]^[13]

Career as an investor

In 2014, Rodríguez turned his business into a private investment fund under the name Casa de Santo Domingo.^[1] The fund is focused on three portfolios: transportation, real estate, and investments.^[2] Rodríguez assumed the role of Director and Asset Manager alongside a group of investors.^[14] In addition to Casa de Santo Domingo, he also started Patio Group, an investment group focused in shopping malls,^[2]^[15] and KM100 Fleet, a vehicular fleet management company in the Dominican Republic.

Rodriguez is also member of the Board of Directors of AFI Universal, a management company of investment funds.^[16]

References

1. ^¹²³{{cite web|url=https://do.linkedin.com/in/luisdejesusrodriguez|title=Luis de Jesús Rodríguez|publisher=LinkedIn|date=|accessdate=March 16, 2016}}
2. ^¹²³{{cite web|url=http://es.slideshare.net/bachatus|title=Casa de Santo Domingo: Presentación 2015|author=|date=2015|accessdate=March 31, 2016}}
3. ^¹{{cite web|url=http://socialesyturismo.blogspot.com/2014/01/ahora-en-novo-centro-domino-spizza.html|title=¡Ahora en Novo Centro! Domino's Pizza extiende concepto Bistro en RD|last=Santos |first=Miguelina |publisher=Sociales y Turismo|date=January 31, 2014|accessdate=March 17, 2016}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://ecosatur.blogspot.com/2013/10/inauguran-dominos-bistro-360.html|title=Inauguran Domino's Bistro 360|last=Contreras |first=Carmen |publisher=Ecosatur |date=October 30, 2013|accessdate=March 31, 2016}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.metrord.do/estilo-de-vida/luis-rodriguez-nuestras-pizzas-son-una-obra-de-arte/ftwokx---bWTl0HsiRUom/|title=Luis Rodríguez: "Nuestras pizzas son una obra de arte"|last=De Jesús |first=Alicia |publisher=Metro|date=November 24, 2015|accessdate=March 31, 2016}}
6. ^¹{{cite web|url=http://www.suelocaribe.com/index.php/2013-12-12-19-21-39/124-rent-a-car|title=Budget lanza servicio de leasing corporativo; facilita a empresas adquisición de vehículos Imprimir Correo electrónico|first=|last=|publisher=Suelo Caribe|date=September 18, 2014|accessdate=March 17, 2016}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://cicom.co/blog/?p=19082|title=Budget lanza servicio de leasing corporativo|first=|last=|publisher=CiCOM: Comunicación Relaciones Públicas|date=September 12, 2014|accessdate=March 17, 2016}}
8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.mercadosocialespectaculos.com/2007/06/avis-rent-car-y-delta-air-lines.html|title=Avis Rent a Car y Delta Air Lines anuncian acuerdo comercial|last=Lora|first=Manuela|publisher=Mercado Social|date=June 22, 2007|accessdate=March 31, 2016}}
9. ^{{cite web|url=http://16-minutos.blogspot.com/2013/08/avis-rent-car-anuncia-alianza-con-mini.html|title=Avis Rent Car anuncia alianza con Mini Cooper en apertura de sus nuevas oficinas en Galería 360|first=|last=|publisher=16 Minutos|date=August 16, 2013|accessdate=March 31, 2016}}
10. ^¹²³⁴{{cite web|last=Acosta|first=Stephanny |year=2015 |title=Luis Rodríguez: CEO Avis Rent-a-Car |magazine=Puro Turismo |page=14 |url=https://issuu.com/puroturismo/docs/puro_turismo_-_isla_beata |accessdate=March 31, 2016}}
11. ^{{cite web|url=http://josord.blogspot.com/|title=Premiación de Jóvenes Sobresalientes|first=Gladis|last=Abreu|date=|accessdate=March 18, 2016}}
12. ^{{cite web|title=Jóvenes Sobresalientes de la República Dominicana: 1974-2007|publisher=XXXV Premiación Jóvenes Sobresalientes de la República Dominicana|pages=20–21|url=https://issuu.com/jabelg/docs/revistajoso09|accessdate=March 31, 2016}}
13. ^{{cite web|url=http://hoy.com.do/%C2%93gotas-de-esperanza%C2%94-para-el-futuro/|title=Gotas de esperanza para el futuro|last=Ramírez|first=Nelly|publisher=Hoy Digital|date=July 8, 2004|accessdate=March 21, 2016}}
14. ^{{cite web|url=http://casadesantodomingo.com.do/|title=Casa de Santo Domingo|author=|date=|accessdate=March 16, 2016}}
15. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.elnuevodiario.com.do/app/article.aspx?id=409737|title=Grupo Patio inicia construcción de nuevo centro comercial|publisher=El Nuevo Diario|date=February 2, 2015|accessdate=March 18, 2016}}
16. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.afiuniversal.com.do/sobre-afi-universal/gobierno-corporativo|title=Gobierno Corporativo - AFI Universal|publisher=AFI Universal|date=|accessdate=March 31, 2016}}

Early years and education

Business career

Career as an investor

References

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