Werthein family

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Werthein Group
Industry Investments
Founded1928
Headquarters Buenos Aires, Argentina
Subsidiaries Agroindustry
  • Gregorio, Numo y Noel Werthein S.A.

Food and beverages

  • Cachamay / Cachamate
  • Arroyo Verde
  • Valley / Frutty
  • WHT Partners / Riglos Wines

Real Estate Developments

  • Argentina
  • United Kingdom
  • United States

Media Tech

  • DirecTV
  • DirectTV GO
  • DFibra
  • DSports
  • DNews
  • DFight
  • DMotor
  • OndirecTV
  • SKY
  • SKY+
  • SKY Fibra
  • Torneos
  • Win Sports
  • Mundea

Health

  • SML
  • SOI

Insurance

  • Experta ART
  • Experta Seguros
  • Vrio Corretora Brasil
  • DirecTV Seguros

Technology

  • Fivvy
Website www.werthein.com.ar

Grupo Werthein (Werthein Group) is an holding company founded in 1928 and based in Argentina, led by members of the Werthein family since its origins. [1]

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Born dedicated to agribusiness, food, beverages and insurance sectors in Argentina, [2] the holding company has expanded both in Argentina and throughout the adjacent regions, diversifying its investment portfolio since 2003. The group controls a media tech company with entertainment, information and connectivity services, and has expanded its business ecosystem with real estate development, insurance, health, technology, food and beverage and human capital development. [3] [4]

The Group employs more than 8,200 direct collaborators and has a network of around 35,000 partners in the region. [5]

History

In 1904 Leon Werthein, a merchant from Bessarabia, decided to leave the Russian Empire due to the hostility towards the Jewish people. [6] His destination was Argentina. A year later, his wife, Ana Jajam, arrived with their four children: Gregorio, Elisa, Numo and Israel. In Argentina, the couple had four more children: Abraham, Fany, Noel and Julio. [7] In the town of Ingeniero White, Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires Province, León Werthein worked in the port: first as a stevedore, then as a foreman. Then, he settled in Salliqueló, where he opened a general store. The next step was to move to Miguel Riglos, in Atreucó, La Pampa, where, together with his sons, he opened another general store in 1917. León Werthein died in 1935 and his descendants continued the family business. [7] [2]

Foundation

Although León and his sons began working and trading upon their arrival in Argentina, the Werthein Group formally originated in 1928 in the town of Miguel Riglos, where Gregorio, Numo and Noel founded the agricultural company that bears their names: "Gregorio, Numo y Noel Werthein S.A." (GNNW). [7] This firm would set the beginning of the family business in a sector in which the company grew, endures and continues to be a fundamental part of the holding in the 21st century. Already in the first half of the 20th century, the family diversified its business and some members ventured into the hotel sector: in Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Carhué and Río Hondo. [8]

Noel, Numo, Julio and Leo Werthein founded different companies:

Growth and expansion

Although since the 1930s the Werthein family has been engaged in several businesses, during the last two decades of the twentieth century, with the third and fourth generation of the family in business, the Group merged production and services. [7] Today, it includes agribusiness, mass consumption, insurance, health, food and beverages, real estate, technology, telecommunications and entertainment. The Group is still controlled by members of the Werthein family, with Darío, Daniel and Adrián as shareholders, while other members of the family, such as Gregorio, Lucas and Andrés, are part of the new generation of directors. [1]

Shareholders

Economic group

Agribusiness

The company that has represented the Group in this industry since 1928 is "Gregorio, Numo y Noel Werthein S.A." (GNNW). Focused on the production and export of value-added products, it specializes in commercial cattle production and cattle genetics, with Aberdeen Angus and Hereford breeds, in the Pampean region; and Braford and Brangus, in the north of the country. Its farms include Cabaña La Paz (Buenos Aires Province) and Cabaña Los Guasunchos (Santa Fe Province), which show their animals at the most important exhibitions in the country and have won several awards. [23]

Media Tech Company

In 2003 the Group acquired the operations of Telecom Personal in Uruguay and Paraguay, which were held until 2017. [24] In 2021 the Werthein Group acquired the Vrio Corp. business unit, a digital entertainment provider that began operations in 1996. [25] Vrio is the leading provider of entertainment, information and connectivity in South America, Mexico and the Caribbean. Vrio Corp. occupies an incremental retail and wholesale distribution space through DirecTV and SKY Brasil brands and its DGo streaming platform. It offers services in Brazil through the SKY brand and in Argentina, Barbados, Chile, Colombia, Curaçao, Trinidad and Tobago, Ecuador, Peru and Uruguay through the DirecTV brand. DGO is present in all those markets with the addition of Mexico. Vrio also includes Torneos in Argentina and Colombia. [26]

Owned Signals

DirecTV Latin America

It provides entertainment and information services in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Uruguay and the Caribbean.

DGO

It is a direct-to-consumer streaming platform: it provides live local and international TV content, sports programming, news and OnDemand service of movies, series and documentaries. It has presence in Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Uruguay and Mexico.

SKY

It is the largest satellite paid TV company in Brazil.

SKY+

It is a direct-to-consumer streaming platform from Brazil.

Torneos

It is a leading company in the generation and production of content for the sports and entertainment industry. It is dedicated to the comprehensive organization and production of events, the acquisition and commercialization of rights, and the management of licenses and e-commerce for the main sports clubs and federations

Win Sports

It is a Colombian sports subscription television channel focused on broadcasting football content from the country.

Dfibra and Sky Fibra

It is a 100% fiber optic internet service from DirecTV and SKY.

Mundea

It is a digital travel agency that offers reservations of tickets, accommodations, travel packages, cars, and recreational activities.

Food and beverages

The group is present in the food industry with the production of infusions, with its brand Cachamai; in fruit derivatives, with the Valley production plant, and in wine products, through the company WHT Partners.

Cachamai: tea, biscuits, mate

Cachamai has been part of the Werthein family business since 2005, when the Group acquired Cachay S.A., the company that owns the brand. Cachamai has been in the market for more than 60 years, especially recognized for its digestive tea. [27] In addition to yerba mate and tea, since 2020 Cachamai has marketed a line of healthy biscuits. [28] [29]

Valley: fruit derivatives

It is dedicated to the production and commercialization of dehydrated fruit derivatives, especially apples. It supplies the best raw materials obtained at specific moments of harvest, exporting to the 5 continents, with the United States and Europe being the main markets. [30] The Valley production facility is located in Alto Valle, Río Negro, Argentina. Since 2023 it markets Frutty, a product made of dehydrated apples without additives or preservatives. The brand's infusions are sold in Argentina and other markets located in Europe, Asia and America.

WHT Partners: premium wine industry

The Group is present in the beverage industry through WHT Partners, a company dedicated to investments related to the premium wine industry. In addition to producing and marketing wines, it offers tourism and promotional experiences related to the products. Market participation is carried out through the Riglos [31] and Huarpe boutique winery brands. Riglos generates its production in its vineyards at Finca Las Divas, located in Uco Valley, Mendoza. The site has 72 hectares, more than half of which are planted with Malbec, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc. In 2012, Wine Enthusiast magazine chose "Riglos Gran Corte 2009" as the best wine of the year. [32] In order to grow in the premium wine business, in June 2016 Bodega Riglos merged with the boutique winery Huarpe Wines, owned by the Hernández Toso Brothers. Huarpe Wines has its winery in Agrelo, Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza. Its products include "Huarpe Series", a line of blends from different regions of Mendoza; and Taymente", a line of eight varietals. [33]

Real Estate Developments

The Group has a real estate development business unit. Through Landmark Developments, the Group carries out several projects. It has built more than 500,000 m2 in a series of developments in Argentina and other countries in the region. Among the main projects under development are:

Health

The Werthein Group is present in the health area through "SOI Centro Médico" and "SML" (Sistema Médico Laboral). SOI Medical Center provides ambulatory medical services in the City of Buenos Aires, and specializes in the care of patients who have suffered work-related accidents or suffer from occupational diseases. Specialties: Plastic Surgery, General Surgery, Kinesiology Occupational Medicine, Occupational Health, Orthopedics and Traumatology. SML (Sistema Médico Laboral), is a company that manages the medical-health care services related to the recovery of the health of 1,000,000 workers within the Occupational Risks System. It manages a network of 3,000 providers with a presence in Argentina.

Insurance

The Group's activity in this area began in the 1990s and, for 15 years, it was a partner of the Italian holding company Assicurazioni Generali, which was dissolved in 2014 with the division of its assets. [34] The Group remained with La Caja ART (Aseguradoras de Riesgos del Trabajo) and, after the acquisition of the Australian company QBE ART, became Experta ART. [35] Currently, its presence in the insurance business consists of the companies Experta Seguros, Experta ART and La Estrella Compañía de Seguros de Retiro. Experta, with presence in all the provinces of Argentina, started its operations in labor insurance and expanded to property and life insurance. Its portfolio includes collective life, personal accident, theft, agriculture, home, car and occupational risk insurance.

Technology

Fivvy

Fivvy is a B2B Fintech created in the United States that helps Banks, Retailers, and Insurers in Latin America and the United States to better understand their customers and competitors.

Leo Werthein Foundation

Since 2009, it promotes and supports programs and activities related to Education, Culture, Inclusion and Agriculture for the benefit of the most vulnerable population.

Purpose Vrio

Vrio has one purpose: to preserve the culture of each country, strengthen diversity in the region and boost the economy through investments to contribute to the sustainable development of communities. Purpose Vrio consolidates and integrates all the initiatives that represent the heart of the holding.

School +

An emblematic audiovisual education program for primary and secondary schools aimed at bridging the technological gap and promoting its pedagogical use for the development of students' skills. It provides educational institutions with technology, educational content, didactic materials and training for teachers throughout the region.

Investments, acquisitions and participations, by decade

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2020s Vrio Corp.

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