José Luis Corripio

Early life Corripio Estrada born in 1934 in the Spanish village of Arroes, in Asturias, to Sara Estrada and Manuel Corripio García ( 1908– 2004). In 1938, the Dominican Republic became his new home amid the Spanish Civil War. he graduated in 1951.

On 16 August 1963, Corripio married Ana María Alonso, a native of Piloña (Asturias), at the Holy Cave of Covadonga (Asturias). They have 4 children: Manuel, José Alfredo, Lucía, Ana. Manuel married to Rafaela Martínez; José Alfredo married Laura Pereda; Lucía married Alejandro González; Ana married Rafael Barceló parents of Luis Rafael Barcelo Corripio.

During the decade of the 70's, Corripio was kidnapped by the Sanchez Tejada brothers' band, and kept holed up for days inside a water reservoir (cisterna) near the San Isidro's Air Force base. During the time Corripio remain kidnapped, the kidnappers made him believe they were members of the military. The Sanchez Tejada brothers had an auto mechanics shop near the Braulio Alvarez city park where they would disassemble stolen vehicles for stolen parts profiting. One of the Sanchez Tejada brothers resided in the Jose Amado Soler street in the affluent Naco neighborhood.

Business career In the early 1960s, José Luis Corripio began a process of diversification and expansion of the family business. In 1973, he went into the media business. Grupo Corripio under their company Tecnica SAS also exclusively represent and commercialize Peugeot and Renault motor vehicles in the country. In 2017, Grupo Corripio also acquired an ownership stake in Isla Dominicana de Petróleo which exclusively represents Royal Dutch Shell in the Dominican Republic. In 2021, Isla Dominicana de Petróleo merged with Sol Investments which operated under the brand name Esso, to create the largest fuel distribution network in the country. Grupo Corripio also owns Pinturas Tropical the market leader in paint manufacture and commercialization in the country and well as having an ownership stake in Pinturas Popular.