Lorenzo Zambrano
Lorenzo H. Zambrano Treviño (born March 27, 1944 in Monterrey , Nuevo León , † May 12, 2014 in Madrid ) was a Mexican entrepreneur. He was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CEMEX , one of the largest cement manufacturers in the world.
Life
Zambrano was born in Monterrey into an upper class family. He graduated from the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM) with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering in 1966 and earned an MBA from Stanford Business School in 1968 .
In 1968 he started working for the cement company CEMEX, which his grandfather had founded in 1906. In 1985 he became its CEO. He was also a member of the board of directors of IBM and the international councils of Citigroup and Allianz as well as the boards of directors of Fomento Económico Mexicano , the construction company ICA , Alfa , Grupo Financiero Banamex , the glass manufacturer Vitro and the Televisa group as well as the ITESM and the museum for contemporary art in Monterrey . Until 2005 he was a member of the Supervisory Board of DaimlerChrysler AG . Until January 2006 he served on the council of the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
Zambrano and his family were in the list of the richest people in the world of Forbes Magazine listed for 2006 with an estimated fortune of 1.8 billion US dollars ranked 428th
Web links
- Brief portrait ( memento of April 20, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) of the Wharton School (English)
- Brief profile from Forbes.com: World's Richest People (2006)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zambrano, Lorenzo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Zambrano Treviño, Lorenzo H. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mexican entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 27, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Monterrey , Nuevo León |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 12, 2014 |
| Place of death | Madrid |