"We were 50 companies just independently attached by a group of similar shareholders, " he explains, sitting in his spacious yet unpretentious office at Empresas Polar headquarters in Caracas.

FORBES: The beer baron

The local-produce food is extraordinary entrees like pickled herring with beet foam yet the atmosphere is unpretentious, warm.

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