Gustavo Cisneros, one of the world’s wealthiest men, addressed an audience of the most powerful businessmen in the Dominican Republic yesterday and told them that education is a central part of economic progress. Cisneros asked the Dominican entrepreneurs to look beyond the DR’s borders. As the speaker at one of the Business Leadership Lectures sponsored by FUNGLODE, President Fernandez’ foundation, Cisneros said that his own company was the result of his father’s creed of “Head, Heart and Courage”, with the head to see the opportunities, the heart to go forward and the courage to conquer obstacles. After tracing the development of the Cisneros Group, the lecturer emphasized the enormous importance of education as a step towards economic development.