Jose Antonio Rios

CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD - CEO - SENIOR GLOBAL ADVISOR - PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ENTERPRISES

📍 Miami, Florida, United States🔄 Updated October 2026💼 5 investments📅 41 years investing🗓 Last invested Jul 2015
Angel investor🌍 United States
5
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41y
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Board Member
2002
Claxson is a leading multimedia company devoted to the production, development and distribution of high quality content and apps that entertains audiences across television and digital platforms in Latin America & Iberia. The company has been always at the forefront of Social environment changes along with the use of cutting-edge technologies to deliver top Brands, formats and Content to become a central player in the “revolution” of the Media Industry towards convergence. Claxson is committed to enhancing its technological capabilities and thrives on a sustainable growth track record built on innovation and excellence. Our innovative contents are available across all platforms, including services as TV linear and On Demand, Online and Mobile through our longstanding partnership agreements with wireless, broadband and cable & satellite operators companies in the region. Claxson’s MULTI-SCREEN expertise allows access to millions of customers in Ibero-america with innovative and high quality digital products. Claxson is the partner of choice for the development industry leading solutions that improve our strategic partners profitability and monetization. We offer a turnkey solution for distributing premium content with a rapidly growing footprint.
Board Member for Pepsi Cola Venezuela
1985
PepsiCo ofrece el más grande portafolio de alimentos y bebidas en el mundo, incluyendo 19 líneas de productos que generan cada una más de mil millones de dólares al año. Con más de 70 años en Venezuela, PepsiCo ha liderado el mercado nacional gracias con un amplio portafolio que incluye: Pepsi, 7up, Gatorade, Doritos, Ruffles, Lay´s, Natuchips, Cheese Tris, Cheetos, De Todito, Quaker, Twitos, entre otras. PepsiCo opera en Venezuela a través de dos (2) plantas de producción de alimentos ubicadas en Santa Cruz, Estado Aragua y La Grita, Estado Táchira, una (1) planta de producción de concentrados ubicada en Yare, Estado Miranda y catorce (14) centros de distribución a nivel nacional, brindando así empleos directos e indirectos a cerca de 13.000 personas que diariamente unen sus esfuerzos para crear un futuro más saludable para las personas y nuestro planeta.
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2015
BOARD MEMBER
Jul 2015
Up with People empowers youth to become lifelong changemakers as part of a global community working to advance inclusivity, sustainability, and human rights. Through our unique exchange programs, youth come together to engage with world issues, discover their creative capacity, and develop the skills to step into their place as global citizens. Since 1965: · 22,000 participants from 138 countries · 14,000 visits to communities in 72 countries · 3 million volunteer service hours · 800,000 host families · 300,000 youth engaged in the last 5 years Intentional community, creativity & the arts, and determined optimism are at the heart of UWP. Young people can do incredible things when we act together, get creative, and remain unapologetically hopeful. These elements set UWP apart in the crowded field of Positive Youth Development. They permeate everything we do. Since pausing our programs in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve been reflecting, reimagining, and designing Up with People for the future. We’ll be back soon with exciting new programs as we continue to work towards our vision of an inclusive and sustainable world where people are equal in dignity and rights.
2003
Inter American Dialogue
Board Member
2003
2002
Board Member
2002
Claxson is a leading multimedia company devoted to the production, development and distribution of high quality content and apps that entertains audiences across television and digital platforms in Latin America & Iberia. The company has been always at the forefront of Social environment changes along with the use of cutting-edge technologies to deliver top Brands, formats and Content to become a central player in the “revolution” of the Media Industry towards convergence. Claxson is committed to enhancing its technological capabilities and thrives on a sustainable growth track record built on innovation and excellence. Our innovative contents are available across all platforms, including services as TV linear and On Demand, Online and Mobile through our longstanding partnership agreements with wireless, broadband and cable & satellite operators companies in the region. Claxson’s MULTI-SCREEN expertise allows access to millions of customers in Ibero-america with innovative and high quality digital products. Claxson is the partner of choice for the development industry leading solutions that improve our strategic partners profitability and monetization. We offer a turnkey solution for distributing premium content with a rapidly growing footprint.
2000
Board Member
2000
Operation Smile has provided hundreds of thousands of patients with safe surgical and dental care. With four decades of delivering world-class cleft care, Operation Smile creates solutions that deliver free surgery to people where it’s needed most. As one of the largest medical volunteer-based nonprofits, Operation Smile has mobilized thousands of medical volunteers from a wide range of medical specialties from more than 80 countries. Operation Smile engages public-private partnerships to advance health care delivery, train local medical professionals to provide surgical care for patients in their communities, donate crucial medical equipment and supplies, and increase access to surgical care so that everyone living with a cleft condition is treated.
1985
Board Member for Pepsi Cola Venezuela
1985
PepsiCo ofrece el más grande portafolio de alimentos y bebidas en el mundo, incluyendo 19 líneas de productos que generan cada una más de mil millones de dólares al año. Con más de 70 años en Venezuela, PepsiCo ha liderado el mercado nacional gracias con un amplio portafolio que incluye: Pepsi, 7up, Gatorade, Doritos, Ruffles, Lay´s, Natuchips, Cheese Tris, Cheetos, De Todito, Quaker, Twitos, entre otras. PepsiCo opera en Venezuela a través de dos (2) plantas de producción de alimentos ubicadas en Santa Cruz, Estado Aragua y La Grita, Estado Táchira, una (1) planta de producción de concentrados ubicada en Yare, Estado Miranda y catorce (14) centros de distribución a nivel nacional, brindando así empleos directos e indirectos a cerca de 13.000 personas que diariamente unen sus esfuerzos para crear un futuro más saludable para las personas y nuestro planeta.
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1985–2015 · 5 investments
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