Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Martha de la Torre is an American newspaper publisher, co-founder and president of El Clasificado. Graduated from Loyola Marymount University with a B.S. in Accounting. After working as a CPA for Arthur Young & Company and, later, CFO for two years at La Opinion, the Spanish-language daily, Martha co-founded and launched El Clasificado in 1988. Today, the company has revenues over $20 million, a weekly circulation of 510,000 and 175 employees. She has been an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award finalist for Greater Los Angeles area, SBA Small Business Person of the Year.In addition, Ms. de la Torre serves on the board of the Los Angeles Child Guidance Clinic and is a former board member for the L.A. County Education Foundation. She is a Regent for Loyola Marymount University and Board Member of LMU’s Latino Alumni Association, providing scholarships to Latino students and Chairperson of the International Classified Media Association, representing over 60 classified media organizations globally.Today she runs El Clasificado, the largest free, weekly Spanish- language classified print publication in the U.S., reaching more than 1.5 million people. It’s the flagship title of the thriving 130-employee publishing company de la Torre and her husband, Joe Badame, started 23 years ago for Southern California’s Latino population. In an interview with Bloomberg.com she explained how she is balancing print growth with online push.In April 3, 2013, Hispanic Lifestyle Magazine named Martha one of Hispanic Lifestyle's 2013 Latinas of InfluenceIn an interview she gave to KTTV a Los Angeles local Fox Affiliate title "Growing our Economy: El Clasificado," Martha said that instead of buying a convertible car in 1988, she was encouraged to start her own businessIn May 2012 Martha received the Latino Business Award presented by the Los Angeles Business Journal and the recognition or her previous employer, Ernst and Young as Alumni in the News.In September 2007, Martha de la Torre admited she was a rather reluctant entrepreneur. In fact, when she told her parents that she and her now-husband, Joe Badame, were starting a business, they weren't exactly thrilled. That's because de la Torre was a successful business woman, climbing the ranks of the corporate ladder, with, in her mother's eyes, absolutely no reason to take the risk.. }
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- Martha_de_la_Torre abstract "Martha de la Torre is an American newspaper publisher, co-founder and president of El Clasificado. Graduated from Loyola Marymount University with a B.S. in Accounting. After working as a CPA for Arthur Young & Company and, later, CFO for two years at La Opinion, the Spanish-language daily, Martha co-founded and launched El Clasificado in 1988. Today, the company has revenues over $20 million, a weekly circulation of 510,000 and 175 employees. She has been an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award finalist for Greater Los Angeles area, SBA Small Business Person of the Year.In addition, Ms. de la Torre serves on the board of the Los Angeles Child Guidance Clinic and is a former board member for the L.A. County Education Foundation. She is a Regent for Loyola Marymount University and Board Member of LMU’s Latino Alumni Association, providing scholarships to Latino students and Chairperson of the International Classified Media Association, representing over 60 classified media organizations globally.Today she runs El Clasificado, the largest free, weekly Spanish- language classified print publication in the U.S., reaching more than 1.5 million people. It’s the flagship title of the thriving 130-employee publishing company de la Torre and her husband, Joe Badame, started 23 years ago for Southern California’s Latino population. In an interview with Bloomberg.com she explained how she is balancing print growth with online push.In April 3, 2013, Hispanic Lifestyle Magazine named Martha one of Hispanic Lifestyle's 2013 Latinas of InfluenceIn an interview she gave to KTTV a Los Angeles local Fox Affiliate title "Growing our Economy: El Clasificado," Martha said that instead of buying a convertible car in 1988, she was encouraged to start her own businessIn May 2012 Martha received the Latino Business Award presented by the Los Angeles Business Journal and the recognition or her previous employer, Ernst and Young as Alumni in the News.In September 2007, Martha de la Torre admited she was a rather reluctant entrepreneur. In fact, when she told her parents that she and her now-husband, Joe Badame, were starting a business, they weren't exactly thrilled. That's because de la Torre was a successful business woman, climbing the ranks of the corporate ladder, with, in her mother's eyes, absolutely no reason to take the risk.".