Laurent Salvador Lamothe (born 14 August 1972 in Port-au-Prince) has been the Minister of Foreign and Religious Affairs of the Republic of Haiti since October 2011. He is also known in the telecommunications sector as the co-founder and former CEO of the company Global Voice Group.
Son of Louis G. Lamothe, a doctor in Spanish literature and the founder of the Lope de Vega Institute and of Ghislaine Fortuney Lamothe, painter, he grew up in an academic and artistic, but also athletic environment. His elder brother, Ruben, was the captain of the
Haitian Davis Cup tennis team for some time. A player himself, Laurent represented his country at the Davis Cup of 1994 and 1995.
At the same point in time, Laurent Lamothe left Haiti to complete his tertiary studies in the Unites States. After obtaining a Bachelor's degree in political sciences at Barry University in Miami, he turned to business management and obtained a Master’s degree with an honorable mention from Saint Thomas University.
Two years after obtaining his Masters degree in business management, he founded the telecommunications company Global Voice Group in collaboration with his business partner, Patrice Baker. The company started out as a small telecommunications business but is today a worldwide provider of technological solutions in
emerging markets and developing countries. This earned him a nomination as “Entrepreneur of the Year” from the firm Ernst & Young in May 2008. Through his company, Global Voice Group, he introduced telecoms governance technologies in Africa. These technologies allow regulation agencies to manage the sector in terms of control, tariff equity and
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