Editing Richard Carrión (section)

==Early life==
Carrión was born and raised in San Juan, [[Puerto Rico]]. His grandfather was one of the founders of [[Banco Popular de Puerto Rico|Popular, Inc.]] (BPPR). He received a bachelor's degree from the [[Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania|Wharton School of Finance and Commerce]] in 1974 and an MS in Management Information Systems from the [[MIT Sloan School of Management]] in 1976.<ref name="PR_Herald">{{cite web |url=http://www.puertorico-herald.org/issues/vol4n34/ProfileCarrion-es.html |title= Puerto Rico Perfil: Richard Carrión|access-date=2007-09-12 |date=August 25, 2000 |publisher= The Puerto Rico Herald}}
</ref> After the master's degree, Mr. Carrión joined Banco Popular in 1976. After his father's death, Carrión became the leader of that banking corporation.<ref name="PR_Herald"/>