Interview with Ricardo Claro, interviewed by Andrea Lluch, Santiago, Chile

Mr. Claro details his long legal career as both a partner at Claro y Cía and a professor at Universidad de Chile and discusses Chilean politics at length. He charts the evolution of the banking industry in Chile from his orchestrated takeover of Banco Hipotecario as a young man to its nationalization and re-privatization. Mr. Claro also discusses his diverse investments in Elecmetal, Cristalerías de Chile (glass manufacturing), the Santa Rita vineyards, Sudamericana de Vapores, Interoceánica (shipbuilding), and Diario Financiero and Megavisión (news and television). He identifies a voracious appetite for information and openness to globalization and technology as the major contributing factors to his success.