Jose R. Mas
CEO
MasTec, Inc.
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Jose Mas, CEO of MasTec, spent his summers digging trenches for his father’s contracting firm, which later became MasTec. This work taught him how important the workers were to the company’s success, and how deeply they depended on it. By 1999, MasTec had become the largest Hispanic-owned business in the US. When the dot-com bubble burst, however, funding for many of its clients’ projects disappeared. MasTec had to cancel many of its own projects and reduce its workforce by 40%. Since Mas took over as CEO, the company’s total revenues have increased by 130%.
Coral Gables, FL
Founded 1929
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