GRUPO SALINAS:
IMPROVEMENT OF SOCIETY THROUGH EXCELLENCE
Grupo Salinas is a body of dynamic, rapidly-growing companies at the cutting edge of technology, focused on creating value and improving society through a solid commitment to excellence.
With subsidiaries in Mexico, the United States, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Peru, and Panama, Grupo Salinas operates in the television broadcasting, telecommunications, consumer finance, transportation and retailing industries through: TV Azteca, Azteca America, Totalplay, Banco Azteca, Seguros Azteca, Afore Azteca, Punto Casa de Bolsa, Advance America, Italika and Grupo Elektra.
Grupo Salinas is also a socially-responsible corporate citizen, with projects that include Fundación Azteca, Fomento Cultural Grupo Salinas, Kybernus, and Caminos de la Libertad, dedicated to improving health, education, preserving the environment, making culture accessible, and promoting leadership and freedom.
Grupo Salinas is especially proud of its Esperanza Azteca youth orchestra program that actively promotes values with underprivileged children. The program operates over 80 orchestras throughout Mexico, in addition to orchestras in El Salvador and Los Angeles.
TV Azteca is one of the world’s two largest producers of Spanish-language television programming. It operates two nationa
l television networks through its more than 300 owned stations. TV Azteca also owns Azteca America, a Spanish-language television network in the United States, and has operations in Guatemala, Honduras, Colombia and Peru.
Totalplay is Mexico’s most innovative triple play service, using direct to home fiber optics. It has the most advanced broadband Internet platform in Latin America, the largest supply of HD channels and outstanding telephony services.
Grupo Elektra is Latin America’s leading financial services and specialty retailer, focused on the base of the pyramid. The company operates more than 7,000 points of sale in Mexico, the United States, Guatemala, Honduras, Peru, Panama and El Salvador.
Retail operations include electronics, appliances and furniture. In the area of transportation, Elektra’s Italika brand is the top-selling line of motorcycles in Mexico, with a market share exceeding 70 percent. Italika currently operates in Mexico, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Peru, Panama, and Brazil.
Grupo Elektra includes Banco Azteca, one of the largest banks in Mexico, focused on financial inclusion. In addition to consumer loans, Banco Azteca offers group loans through Micronegocio Azteca, asset-backed loans through Presta Prenda, credit cards, and has over 13 million savings accounts.
Advance America is the leader in short-term, nonbank loans in the United States, with about 2,400 points of sale in 29 states. The company offers credit options to consumers whose needs are not met by traditional financial institutions.
Other financial services include Seguros Azteca, which offers life and accident insurance; Afore Azteca pension-fund management services; and the Punto Casa de Bolsa brokerage firm.
By taking well-being to all levels of society, Grupo Salinas fosters the development of the countries where it operates.
