As part of their ongoing growth strategy, founders Eugenio Derbez and alumnus Ben Odell '04 of 3Pas have hired alumnus Jorge Alfaro '17 as manager of Spanish-language content.
In an interview with Forbes, Odell said, “We will more than double our output of series and features in 2019 and with our new team are prepared for further growth as the demand for diverse content continues to increase.”
Forbes went on to write, “Mexico City-born Alfaro will oversee Spanish-language films and television for Latin America and the U.S. Hispanic audience. After working in private and investment banking, he moved to the film industry to work in acquisitions for Mexican theater chain Cinépolis. He has also worked for Snapchat and Salma Hayek’s Ventanarosa.”
In a statement to Deadline, Derbez said “We are very happy to welcome Jorge and Carlos, and to promote Jess. We have been carefully building a team that can take advantage of all of the opportunity for diverse content. After thirty years of creating shows and movies, I finally feel like the buyers are creating the supply for enormous demand for quality diverse content in English for a global market and Spanish regionally.”