Latin Tycoons’ KIPP Schools Feted Before World Cup: Scene

Eduardo Tricio, the businessman who brought the KIPP school model outside the U.S. for the first time and oversees Mexico’s biggest dairy producer and airline, was honored in New York last night by Worldfund, a nonprofit that trains teachers in Mexico and Brazil.

The event, which Worldfund’s executive director Angelica Ocampo described as “a gathering of the best minds and biggest hearts in Latin American education reform,” also honored its first woman, Ana Maria Diniz, 52, who worked alongside her father Abilio Diniz for 17 years at BRF, the world’s largest poultry exporter and the biggest food producer in Brazil. She leads education-focused nonprofits in her nation.