Lorenzo Servitje His son, Daniel Servitje Montull, is currently the Chairman and CEO of Grupo Bimbo. Dignitaries in attendance at Servitje's funeral included Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, chairman of Grupo Carso Carlos Slim, and billionaire businessman Alberto Baillères. Lorenzo Servitje Lorenzo Servitje Sendra, commonly known as Lorenzo Servitje, (November 20, 1918 – February 3, 2017) was a Mexican accountant, businessman magnate, and philanthropist who co-founded Grupo Bimbo, the world's largest bakery company, in 1945 with a group of four business partners, including Jaime Jorba, Jaime Sendra, Alfonso Velasco and José T. Mata. Servitje is credited with expanding Bimbo from a small,
Carlos Slim Telmex and made it into a privately held subsidiary. In 1991, he acquired Hoteles Calinda (now OSTAR Grupo Hotelero), and in 1993, he increased his stakes in General Tire and Grupo Aluminio to the point where he had a majority interest. In 1996, Grupo Carso was split into three companies: Carso Global Telecom, Grupo Carso, and Invercorporación. In the following year, Slim bought the Mexican arm of Sears Roebuck. In July 1997 Grupo Carso agreed in principle to sell Procter & Gamble de México, a subsidiary of The Procter & Gamble Co., a manufacturing plant in Apizaco and the company's