MORELIA, Mexico – Cinepolis CEO Alejandro Ramirez, who presides over the second largest exhibition circuit in the world in terms of admissions, declined to comment on the ongoing controversy swirling around Saudi Arabia and its embattled Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, also known as MBS. The Crown Prince has been tainted by the disappearance and alleged murder of Saudi-born Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi in early October. As a consequence, some 40 participants pulled out of an Investment Conference hosted...
Cinepolis
Alejandro
Ramirez
CEO / General Director
Ramirez runs Cinepolis, one of the world’s leading theater exhibition companies — and a main backer of the Morelia International Film Fest — with operations spanning Mexico, Brazil, Spain, India, the U.S., Colombia, Chile, Argentina, Peru and Central America. Asked in 2016 about his plans to expand even farther, Ramirez said he wants to stick with the places where he already has a presence and consolidate that market. The company has made itself known by upping the viewing experience with lower prices, higher-end screening venues and multiplexes, a rarity in many countries. Cinepolis also nurtures its distribution arm, which launched in 2015 with Jonas Cuaron’s “Desierto” — the film went on to grab a slew of nominations for Mexico’s highest film award, the Ariel.