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| {{Short description|Mexican businessman (born 1976)}}
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| {{Infobox person
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| | name = Emiliano Salinas
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| | image = Emiliano Salinas.png
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| | caption = Salinas in 2014
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| | birth_name = Carlos Emiliano Salinas Occelli
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| | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|2|19}}
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| | birth_place = Mexico
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| | occupation = [[Financial analyst]], businessman
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| | parents = [[Carlos Salinas]] (father)<br />[[Cecilia Occelli]] (mother)
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| | spouse = {{marriage|[[Ludwika Paleta]]|2013}}
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| '''Carlos Emiliano Salinas Occelli''' (born February 19, 1976) is a Mexican [[venture capitalist]] and businessman. He is the son of former Mexican president [[Carlos Salinas de Gortari]].
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| Between 2003 and 2018, Salinas was a member of the American cult [[NXIVM]]. He served as vice president of Prorsus Capital, a financial consortium with ties to [[Keith Raniere]] and NXIVM.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Fink|first=Jenni|date=2019-05-21|title=Who is Emiliano Salinas? Son of former Mexican president allegedly top member of sex cult NXIVM|url=https://www.newsweek.com/nxivm-emiliano-salinas-son-former-mexican-president-1431764|access-date=2022-01-22|website=Newsweek|language=en}}</ref><!-- WP:RS needed; removed link to WP--> Following Raniere's arrest in 2018 for sex trafficking, money laundering, and other misdeeds, Salinas ended a two-decade association with Raniere and resigned from Prorsus.
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| ==Education and career==
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| Salinas is the son of [[Carlos Salinas de Gortari]] and his first wife, former [[First Lady of Mexico|Mexican First Lady]] [[Cecilia Occelli]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Rohter|first=Larry|title=Man in the News; A Mexican on the Fast Track: Carlos Salinas de Gortari|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/10/05/world/man-in-the-news-a-mexican-on-the-fast-track-carlos-salinas-de-gortari.html?src=pm|work=Online archive|date=October 5, 1987|access-date=November 15, 2011}}</ref> Educated in Mexico, Switzerland, France and the United States, he is fluent in Spanish, English and French.{{citation needed|date= July 2023}} He studied in the primary school division of the [[Liceo Mexicano Japonés]] in Mexico City.<ref>"[http://archivo.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion-mexico/2014/impreso/retrata-nuevo-libro-de-tavira-a-los-salinas-tras-su-salida-del-poder-220471.html Retrata nuevo libro de Tavira a los Salinas, tras su salida del poder]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20151010014923/http://archivo.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion-mexico/2014/impreso/retrata-nuevo-libro-de-tavira-a-los-salinas-tras-su-salida-del-poder-220471.html Archive]). ''[[El Universal (Mexico)|El Universal]]''. Wednesday November 19, 2011. "Emiliano estudió la primaria en el Liceo Mexicano Japonés, ubicado al sur del DF."</ref>
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| Before working at Prorsus Capital, Salinas received his bachelor's degree in economics from ITAM (the Spanish acronym for Autonomous Technology Institute of Mexico) in Mexico. Later, he received his PhD in Political Economy and Government from [[Harvard University]].<ref name="PC">{{cite web|title=Prosus Capital – The Premiere Venture Capital Fund for Mexico and Latin America|url=http://prorsuscapital.com/team.php?teammember=emiliano|work=Prosus Capital|access-date=June 4, 2011|archive-date=August 25, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110825053548/http://prorsuscapital.com/team.php?teammember=emiliano|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="PC - T">{{cite web |title=Prorsus Capital – Team |url=http://prorsuscapital.com/team.html |work=Prorsus Capital |access-date=June 4, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629112732/http://prorsuscapital.com/team.html |archive-date=June 29, 2011 }}</ref>
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| Prior to receiving his PhD from Harvard, Salinas worked as a [[financial analyst]] for the [[Lazard Freres]] and Co. LLC investment bank in New York City, where he participated in mergers and acquisitions involving Telefónica de España, [[Anheuser-Busch InBev]], and [[Revlon]] among others.<ref name=PC /><ref name="PC - T" /><ref name=Tedx>{{cite web|title=Emiliano Salinas|url=http://tedxsanmigueldeallende.com/en/speaker-proflie/emiliano-salinas/|work=Tedx San Miguel De Allende|access-date=June 4, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110701234833/http://tedxsanmigueldeallende.com/en/speaker-proflie/emiliano-salinas/|archive-date=July 1, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| ==NXIVM==
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| In March 2011, journalist Denisse Maerker in her ''Punto de Partida'' TV show asked Salinas if he was interested in pursuing a political career. He said that he would "if I considered that government is the solution to the problems we face today." He said that he is convinced that good citizenship is the solution to social problems instead of the government.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cunadegrillos.com/2017/10/18/la-biografia-mas-completa-emiliano-salinas-occelli/|title=La biografía más completa de Emiliano Salinas Occelli|date=October 18, 2017|work=Cuna de Grillos|access-date=January 31, 2018|language=es-ES}}</ref>
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| Aside from his professional career, Salinas has arisen as a staunch voice against violence and corruption in Mexico, and he offers that the culture of self-victimization is to blame for the plight of Mexico in 2011. He believed that if Mexicans were proactive through the use of [[Civil Resistance]], they would have the power to overthrow the regional subjugation of the large drug cartels. He described solutions to these problems in his four levels of response against violence:
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| * Denial and apathy
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| * Fear
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| * Courage
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| * Non-violent action
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| During the time Sallinas developed his anti-violence and anti-corruption persona, he was involved with [[NXIVM]], a self-help group whose founder, [[Keith Raniere]] was indicted in New York City on charges of racketeering conspiracy, identity theft, extortion, forced labor, money laundering, wire fraud and sex trafficking.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/17/nyregion/nxivm-trial-lauren-salzman.html|title=Nxivm Trial: Naked Meetings and Photos for Sex Cult 'Grandmaster'|last=Moynihan|first=Colin|date=17 May 2019|work=The New York Times|access-date=19 May 2019|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Various high level members of the group pled guilty to similar charges. NXIVM advertised itself as a [[multi-level marketing]] enterprise.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.vox.com/2018/4/25/17275930/allison-mack-smallville-actress-sex-cult-nxivm-dos-prison-arrest-sex-trafficking-keith-raniere |title= Seagram's heiress arrested for role in controversial "sex cult" |first= Tara Isabella |last= Burton |date =April 25, 2018 |website= Vox}}</ref> In 2003, Salinas described Nxivm's Executive Success Program, or ESP, as offering a training "like a practical M.B.A."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/willyakowicz/2019/05/15/keith-raniere-the-leader-of-the-nxivm-sex-cult/|title=When We Exposed Keith Raniere, The Leader of the Nxivm 'Sex Cult'|last=Yakowicz|first=Will|website=Forbes|access-date=May 18, 2019}}</ref> Salinas joined NXIVM's executive board in 2009, co-owned various ESP centers, and was associated with various NXIVM-owned companies in Mexico.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-the-nxivm-sex-cults-secret-plot-to-take-over-mexico|title=Inside the NXIVM Sex Cult's Secret Plot to Take Over Mexico|last=Zimmerman|first=Amy|date=August 9, 2018|access-date=May 19, 2019}}</ref><ref name="Artvoice">{{Cite web|url=https://artvoice.com/2018/04/12/el-universal-powerful-mexican-surnames-associated-nxivm-sex-slaver-cult/|title=El Universal: Powerful Mexican surnames associated with NXIVM sex-slaver cult!|last=Artvoice|date=April 12, 2018|website=Artvoice|access-date=May 19, 2019}}</ref>
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| Salinas is credited with recruiting elite members of Mexican society to the group, including at least two children of two former Mexican presidents.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wearemitu.com/fierce/how-nxivm-lured-president-vicente-foxs-daughter-into-its-cult-and-plotted-to-take-over-mexico/|title=How NXIVM Lured President Vicente Fox's Daughter into Its Cult And Plotted To Take Over Mexico|last=Reindl|first=Andrea|date=April 9, 2019|website=we are mitú|access-date=May 19, 2019|archive-date=June 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617115757/https://wearemitu.com/fierce/how-nxivm-lured-president-vicente-foxs-daughter-into-its-cult-and-plotted-to-take-over-mexico/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Salinas' sister, Cecilia Salinas Occelli, was also a member of the group.<ref name="Artvoice"/> Among the allegations levied against Salinas was his support for a plan to have critics of Nxivm who traveled to Mexico arrested and put into jail in that country.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-alleged-plot-to-put-nxivms-critics-in-mexican-prison/|title=The Alleged Plot to Put NXIVM's Critics in a Mexican Prison|last1=Berman|first1=Sarah|last2=Visser|first2=Josh|date=September 26, 2018|website=Vice|access-date=May 19, 2019}}</ref> In the week's{{clarify|date=March 2021}} following Raniere's 2018 arrest in Mexico and subsequent deportation to the United States, Salinas cut ties with NXIVM and ESP claiming no knowledge of the alleged behavior.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elfinanciero.com.mx/nacional/emiliano-salinas-y-su-socio-salen-de-esp-mexico|title=Emiliano Salinas y su socio salen de ESP México|website=El Financiero|language=es|access-date=May 19, 2019}}</ref> Internet rumors suggested Salinas was under pressure from his father, who supposedly was behind the arrest and extradition of Raniere, to distance himself from the group.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://artvoice.com/2018/04/09/former-mexican-president-carlos-salinas-hand-nxivm-sexslaver-raniere-fbi-deport-record-time/|title=Did former Mexican president Carlos Salinas hand over NXIVM sexslaver Raniere to FBI – and deport him in record time?|last=Artvoice|date=April 9, 2018|website=Artvoice|access-date=May 19, 2019}}</ref>
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| ==Patronage and publications==
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| Salinas has been involved as producer of acclaimed theater productions, such as Sicario.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.informador.com.mx/cultura/2009/156154/6/se-funden-el-teatro-y-la-danza-aerea-en-sicario.htm|title=Informador|work=Se funden el teatro y la danza aérea en 'Sicario'|access-date=December 7, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sicario.mx/creadores_sicario.html|title=Sicario|work=Creadores – Nextel presenta SICARIO – teatro danza aérea|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309033340/http://www.sicario.mx/creadores_sicario.html|archive-date=March 9, 2012|url-status=dead|access-date=December 7, 2011}}</ref> He has also collaborated in literary productions, like the book on addictions by [[:es:Luis Eugenio Todd|Luis Eugenio Todd]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wiki.uanl.mx/wiki/Presentaron_%22Adicciones:_Enfermedades_del_Siglo_XXI%22_del_doctor_Luis_Eugenio_Todd|title=Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo León|work=Presentaron "Adicciones: Enfermedades del Siglo XXI" del doctor Luis Eugenio Todd|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426032547/http://wiki.uanl.mx/wiki/Presentaron_%22Adicciones%3A_Enfermedades_del_Siglo_XXI%22_del_doctor_Luis_Eugenio_Todd|archive-date=April 26, 2012|url-status=dead|access-date=December 7, 2011}}</ref> An essay on corruption co-authored by Salinas, entitled "The Organization of Corruption: Political Horizons and Special Interests", won the First Prize in the 2006 Research Competition on Corruption organized by Mexico's Office of the Comptroller (SFP) and [[National Autonomous University of Mexico]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itesm.mx/egap/que_es_egap/inv_pub/EGAP_AP_07_01.pdf|title=Tecnológico de Monterrey|work=The Organization of Corruption: Political Horizons and Special Interests|access-date=December 7, 2011}}{{dead link|date=December 2016|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>
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| ==References==
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| {{reflist}}
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| ==External links==
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| * {{TED talk|emiliano_salinas_a_civil_response_to_violence|A civil response to violence}} (In Spanish; English subtitles)
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| * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMahpWvAPWo YouTube video]
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| [[Category:Mexican businesspeople in finance]]
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| [[Category:Harvard University alumni]]
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| [[Category:Children of presidents of Mexico]]
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| [[Category:1976 births]]
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| [[Category:Living people]]
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| [[Category:NXIVM people]]
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| [[Category:Mexican people of Italian descent]]
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| [[Category:Mexican venture capitalists]]
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| [[Category:Confidence tricksters]]
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