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Grupo Empresarial Antioqueño


The Grupo Empresarial Antioqueño (GEA, Business Group of Antioquia) also known as Sindicato Antioqueño, is a Colombian conglomerate composed by around 125 companies, most of them based in Antioquia Department.

Though, legally speaking, such an entity does not exist, it is commonly regarded as the first Colombian keiretsu. It is "controlled" by four main companies: Bancolombia (banking), Inversiones Argos (cement), Suramericana de Inversiones or Inversura (insurance), and Grupo Nacional de Chocolates (packaged food). The group, through these companies, has 10,000 shareholders. GEA's 2007 income amounts to 5.5% of Colombia's gross domestic product.



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