Alejandro Betancourt Lopez, a businessman in the fields of energy and EPC, earned two undergraduate degrees (economics and business administration) from Massachusetts’s Suffolk University.
Betancourt’s professional career began as a manager at several companies, including the commodities trader Guruceaga Group and BGB Energy (a subsidiary of Kawasaki Heavy Industries). He was also the Latin American commercial manager for ICC-OEOC, a U.K. company that provides technological solutions to the offshore oil industry. Betancourt later decided to explore opportunities by founding O’Hara Administration, an international asset management company with a stake in a wide range of investment vehicles, including two other companies that Betancourt is active in, Pacific Exploration & Production Corporation (formerly Pacific Rubiales Energy) and Hawkers.
Although Betancourt Lopez did not start the company, he was brought in with a group of investors in 2016 to help stabilize Hawkers financially and provide an influx of external funding to grow the brand and increase its reach. At the time, word was already getting out about its reputation for quality sunglasses at affordable prices. The company was praised in 2015 for starting two years earlier with a small $300 investment and leveraging it into $60 million. However, even though this number was certainly impressive, expenses continued to climb, and the company was in danger of shutting down.
Lopez and a group of investors formed a group called Saldum Ventures and injected $56 million (50 million euros) into Hawkers.
Timeline
Largest Shareholder
Founder, Largest Shareholder
Chairman of the Board, President, Largest and Controlling Shareholder
Director and Largest Shareholder
Largest Shareholder Founder and Holding Director
Chairman
Early Backer and Largest Shareholder
Director
Director of Trading
People
Further reading
A Clear Business Vision: Alejandro Betancourt Lopez Brings Hawkers into Prescription Eyewear Market | North East Connected
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Alejandro Betancourt Continues to Transform Hawkers an International Fashion Company - The European Business Review
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May 8, 2020
Alejandro Betancourt launches Hawkers contact lens subscription
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November 20, 2020
Alejandro Betancourt Lopez Provides a brighter vision with Hawkers Contact Lens subscriptions
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November 20, 2020
Alejandro Betancourt Lopez Took Hawkers to New Heights - Professional Tales
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Alejandro Betancourt Lopez's Hawkers Takes a Second Look: New Contact Subscription Service Enters Market - Deadline News
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November 23, 2020
Alejandro Betancourt's Hawkers Launches First Collection of Eco-Friendly Sunglasses
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Case Study: Alejandro Betancourt, Hawkers and Early Influencer Marketing - Business Case Studies
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December 22, 2020
CEO Spotlight: Alejandro Betancourt Lopez, President of Hawkers Co. > CEOWORLD magazine
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August 30, 2020
Hawkers Launches New Eco-Friendly Line of Sunglasses, Alejandro Betancourt Announces
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August 9, 2017
How They Built It: Alejandro Betancourt, President of Hawkers, Co. - Company Leaders
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October 27, 2020
Influencer Marketing, eCommerce and Social Media: A Case Study on Hawkers Led by Alejandro Betancourt - Social Media Explorer
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December 22, 2020
Documentaries, videos and podcasts
Leopoldo Alejandro BETANCOURT LOPEZ - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)
Leopoldo Alejandro Betancourt, Play Hawkers SL: Profile and Biography