Antonio López de Haro Fajardo (November 25, 1916, El Palmar

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, Estado Bolivar, Venezuela

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 - January 3, 1998, Caracas, Venezuela) was Chief Executive Officer

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 and Chairman of the Board

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 for Pepsi-Cola y Hit de Venezuela from 1973 until 1996.

He graduated from the Advanced Management Program at Harvard University

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. He is credited with having made Pepsi-Cola y Hit de Venezuela the largest private corporation in Venezuela during his tenure. Pepsi-Cola y Hit de Venezuela was a group of 25 companies and part of the Cisneros Group.

López Fajardo was awarded the prestigious Orden Francisco de Miranda, for his contributions to the economic development of Venezuela.