Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> July 23, 2001
CHARLES HERINGTON is President and Chief Executive officer of America
Online Latin America. He was the first employee hired and was tasked
with creating a major company from scratch. He then brought a very
talented and experienced group of executives and employees to the
company. He followed that by leading the effort to establish local ISP
services in Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and Puerto Rico. In less than
three years, he and his team positioned AOL Latin America as one of the
leading ISP's in the region. Mr. Herington has more than 18 years of
experience in the consumer products industry, managing large operations
and developing consumer marketing strategies for some of the most
distinguished companies in the world. Prior to joining AOL Latin
America, Mr. Herington was President of Revlon Latin America. Previous
to that assignment, Mr. Herington worked at PepsiCo Restaurants
International for seven years. He started his professional career with
Procter & Gamble. Mr. Herington has a degree in Chemical Engineering and
Computer Sciences from the Monterrey Superior Studies Institute in
Mexico (Instituto Tecnologico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey). Profile
company?
Mr. Herington: AOL Latin America today is almost two and a half years
old. Our company was founded in December 1998
