To baseball fans, Jorge Mas seemed to emerged out of the mist as a bidder for the Miami Marlins. But to those familiar with MasTec, the family-business-turned-public company he chairs, the die-hard sports fan is a quietly strategic business power whose prowess has helped build a multibillion dollar company with a global reach, and an investor in next-generation companies hoping to make their mark.
In many ways, Jorge Mas embodies the classic Miami business success story — on steroids. The member of one of Miami’s most prominent and wealthy Cuban American families — his late father, Jorge Mas Canosa, was a vocal leader of the exile community — is also the co-founder, chairman of the board and largest shareholder of MasTec.