These events catalyzed an unprecedented opening of the country's domestic market and the Corripio family took advantage of the opportunity by investing in several new businesses.
According to Jose Luis Corripio, a critical factor in the group's future success was remaining confident in the Dominican Republic, even at times when domestic turmoil and uncertainty caused other businesses to flee.
Pepín Corripio initiated another stage of the company's growth by diversifying their investments in a variety of new business sectors.
Among the first sectors the Group targeted was the gasoline industry, which was inspired by Pepín's observation of the commodities necessity in Dominicans performance of daily activities.
Growth of the group remained concentrated in the Dominican domestic market and was made possible by creating new businesses and developing new alliances.
Investments in mass media increased significantly during the 1990s; in 2003 the company controlled the morning daily Hoy, the evening daily El Nacional, the free newspaper El Día, Ahora magazine and several television channels (including Tele Antillas and channels 2, 11, and 39) as well as the editing company Editora Corripio.
[3] The Group has established the Fundación Corripio which collaborates in developing a wide variety of objectives and programs related to cultural diffusion.