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Rafael Pastor is Chairman and CEO of Vistage International, the world's leading for-profit CEO membership organization, which is dedicated to increasing the effectiveness and enhancing the lives of its nearly 15,000 members in 15 countries. Collectively Vistage members' companies represent approximately $300 billion in revenues and 3 million employees. Previously, Pastor was co-founder of Sonenshine Pastor & Co., a New York-based investment banking firm, and its private equity affiliate, SP Capital. Prior to that, Pastor held several senior executive positions at global media companies. He was CEO and president of Hoyts Cinemas Corp.; president of USA Networks International; executive vice president, international, of News Corporation and Fox Television International; and president of CBS/Fox Video International. Pastor started his career as an attorney, first at the Wall Street law firm of Hawkins, Delafield & Wood LLP, then as associate general counsel at CBS Inc. He serves on the boards of several nonprofit institutions and speaks several languages. Pastor received a bachelor's degree from Columbia University and a J.D. from New York University School of Law.

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