José Musalem Ph.D

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Biography

Dr. José Musalem serves as Founding Partner, Chairman, & Investment Committee Member at Aurus Capital. He served as Board Observer at Modyo. Previous to Aurus, he was the Founding Partner of Moneda Asset Management S.A., serving as General Manager for 10 years and later as Head of Moneda's Private Equity area. Dr. Musalem is a shareholder and President of C y D Internacional S.A. and is involved as a Director of several business corporations. He began his professional career in 1975 at Editorial Lord Cochrane S.A., and later he joined the research department of the Cruzat Group. Upon his return from the USA in 1981, he was appointed as Manager of the Soft Drinks Division at Compañía Cervecerías Unidas S.A. (CCU). He has been a professor and researcher at Universidad de Chile and at UCLA. He holds a Ph.D. in Business Administration from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), a M.D. in Operational Research, and an Industrial Engineering degree from Universidad de Chile.