Lorenzo Zambrano
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| Born | Lorenzo Hormisdas Zambrano Treviño [1] 1944 (age 67–68) Monterrey, Nuevo León |
| Residence | Monterrey |
| Nationality | Mexican |
| Alma mater | Monterrey Institute of Technology (ITESM) and Stanford University. |
| Employer | Cemex |
| Title | Chairman of the board and CEO. |
| Board member of | Monterrey Institute of Technology (ITESM), IBM |
| Religion | Roman Catholic[1] |
| Parents | Lorenzo Zambrano Hellión & Alejandrina Treviño Madero[1] |
Lorenzo Hormisdas Zambrano Treviño (born on 1945) is the Chairman and CEO of Cemex, one of the largest global building-materials companies in the world. CEMEX's stock is traded on the Mexican Stock Exchange (CEMEX CPO) and listed on the New York Stock Exchange (CX).
Zambrano was born in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. He received a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the Tecnológico de Monterrey (ITESM) in 1966 and an MBA from Stanford Business School in 1968.
In 1968 he joined CEMEX, a cement company founded in 1906. He was named CEO in 1985 and has also served as Chairman of the Board since 1995. He is a member of the IBM Board of Directors and the Citigroup International Advisory Board. He is also Chairman of the Board of Sistema Tecnológico de Monterrey, the leading private University in Latin America.
In recognition of his business and philanthropic record, Mr. Zambrano has earned a number of prestigious honors such as the Woodrow Wilson Award for Corporate Citizenship, the Americas Society's Gold Medal for Distinguished Service, the Excellence in Leadership Award from the Stanford Graduate Business School, and the Ernest C. Arbuckle Award for Managerial Excellence from the Stanford Business School's Alumni Association.
On 28 November 2011 he announced via Twitter that he would not seek re-election as chairman of the board of the Monterrey Institute of Technology (ITESM) citing personal reasons.[2]
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- ^ a b c Fuentes-Beráin, Rossana (30 August 2007). "Zambrano, el creador del "Cemex Way"" (in Spanish). CNN/Expansión. http://www.cnnexpansion.com/actualidad/2007/8/30/zambrano-201c-el-contreras201d.
- ^ Sandoval, Verónica (29 November 2011). "Zambrano dejará la presidencia del ITESM" (in Spanish). Milenio. Reuters. http://impreso.milenio.com/node/9070267.
