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Grupo Clarín CEO Héctor Magnetto joined Clarín newspaper shortly after graduating near the top of his class from University of La Plata , where he earned a degree in economics. Magnetto became president and CEO of Clarín in the early 1970s; in this role, he oversaw the company’s finances and helped shepherd it through the military dictatorship of 1976-1983. Clarín emerged from the dictatorship with the highest circulation of any Latin American newspaper, and Magnetto oversaw the financial side of its expansion into a multimedia giant through the 1990s.

Magnetto was a founding member the Latin American Forum—an organization that draws together politicians, academics, and business leaders from all over South America . He also served as Vice President of the Association of Argentine Entrepreneurs, and was a member of several other business and media related organizations, including the World Association of Newspapers and the International Press Institute.