[1] The family is considered one of the most powerful groups in the country, due to the business conglomerate in media, mining, tourism, and banking that is under its ownership.
[2] Most notably, the family is the owner of El Comercio Group,[3][4][5] a media conglomerate that owns the newspaper of the same name.
They had six children: Antonio, Luis, Aurelio, Óscar, Miguel and Josefa "Pepita" Miró Quesada.
[6] Of these children, Antonio (Panama; January 19, 1845 — Lima; October 30, 1930) became the sole owner of El Comercio, a newspaper originally founded in 1839 by José Manuel Amunátegui y Muñoz (Chile, June 3, 1802 — Lima October 21, 1886) and Alejandro Villota (Buenos Aires, 1803 — Paris, February 20, 1861),[7] after the death of co-owner Luis Carranza Ayarza [es] in 1898 as part of an arrangement between both parties.
[8] Since then, different branches of the family have been closely involved with both the newspaper and the media conglomerate of the same name.