 Venevisión began with a capital of 5,500,000 bolívares and 150 employees including artists, administrators, and technical personnel.Venevisión's original administrators were Diego Cisneros (president), Alfredo Torres (transmission manager), Héctor Beltrán (production manager), and Orlando Cuevas (general manager).Initially, Venevisión broadcast live because they hadn't yet installed the videotape system.