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'''Ernesto Pugibet''', or, '''Ernest Pugibet''' in French, (May 12, 1853 - March 5, 1915) was a [[French Mexican]] entrepreneur. He is regarded as one of the key figures in Mexico's industrial revolution, at the turn of the 20th century, and a pioneer of early advertising.<ref name=rfm>[http://www.rfm.org.mx/boletin5rfm.pdf ''Racines français au Mexique'' (RFM), bulletin n°5, November 2008]</ref>

==Biography==
He was born in [[Saint-Martory]], [[Haute-Garonne]], France, in 1853. He left his motherland in 1875  heading for Cuba where he would learn about the [[tobacco industry]]. In 1879 he immigrated to Mexico where he would later establish the cigarette factory known as [[El Buen Tono]]. He married Guadalupe de la Portilla in 1887 and fathered three children, Juan, Ernesto and Ana Maria. He died on March 5, 1915 in Paris, France.

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[[Category:Mexican company founders]]
[[Category:1853 births]]
[[Category:1915 deaths]]
[[Category:French emigrants to Mexico]]
[[Category:Tobacco in Mexico]]
[[Category:20th-century French businesspeople]]
[[Category:20th-century Mexican businesspeople]]

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