Roberto Hernández Ramírez
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Roberto Hernández Ramírez (b. 1942 in Tuxpan, Veracruz) is a Mexican businessman. He is a former CEO of Banco Nacional de México (Banamex), Mexico's second largest bank, just after BBVA Bancomer, from Spain. He is currently a member of the administration board of Citigroup, as well as the owner of El Tamarindo Beach and Golf Resort, a hotel where French President Nicolas Sarkozy was hosted during his stay in Mexico in March 2009.[1]
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[edit] Biography
Hernández Ramirez received a bachelor's degree in business administration from the Ibero-American University (1964), co-founded Acciones y Valores de México (Accival) in 1971 and twenty years later bought Banamex, Mexico's largest bank. He sold it to Citigroup in 2001 for $12.5 billion USD and joined their Board of Directors, position he held until February 19 2009 when he announced his resignation.
Chairman of the Board, Banco Nacional de Mexico, S.A. - 1991 to present; Chief Executive Officer, Banco Nacional de Mexico, S.A. - 1997 to 2001; Director, Grupo Financiero Banamex, S.A. de C.V. - 1991 to present; Co-founder, Acciones y Valores Banamex, S.A. de C.V., Chairman -1971 to 2003; Chairman of the Board, Bolsa Mexicana de Valores, S.A. de C.V. (Mexican Stock Exchange) - 1974 to 1979, Director - 1972 to 2003; Member of the International Advisory Committee of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York - 2002 to present; Chairman, Asociacion Mexicana de Bancos (Mexican Bankers Association) - 1993 to 1994; Member, Bolsa Mexicana de Valores, S.A. de C.V. - 1967 to 1986; Director of Citigroup since from 2001 to 2009; Other Directorships: GRUMA, S.A. de C.V. and Grupo Televisa, S.A.;
Hernández Ramírez is married and has three daughters: María de Lourdes, Roberta and Andrea.
Roberto Hernández hosted Nicolas Sarkozy in March 2009, he also hosted a meeting in Mérida between US President Bill Clinton and Mexican president Ernesto Zedillo in 1999, which was about the "war on drugs" [2]. At the same time of that meeting, in 1999, a Mexican local newspaper, Por Esto!, published by Mario Menéndez Rodríguez, published a story alleging that Ramírez had been involved in drug dealing and money laundering [2]. According to the newspaper, "coastal marshlands purchased by Hernández in the late '80s and early '90s were the port of entry for massive volumes of cocaine delivered in small Colombian speedboats." [2]. In 2007, Ramirez against hosted, in Merida, a meeting concerning US and Mexico drug policies between George W. Bush and his counterpart Felipe Calderón [3].
[edit] Trial
Por Esto! also filed federal criminal complaints against Hernández for drug trafficking, for the robbery of national archeological treasures (his properties include the ancient Mayan ruins of Chac Mool), and for the environmental destruction caused by the drug-dealing operations to the Sian Ka'an nature preserve [2]. Following several articles, Ramirez and his bank, the Banco Nacional de Mexico, deposed a courtsuit against Por Esto! and Al Giordano, a drug expert who had published a story concerning these allegations in Narco News. Both Mexico and the Supreme Court of the State of New York disavowed Ramirez [4].
[edit] References
- ^ Une grosse rechute bling-bling pour le couple Sarkozy, Mediapart, 8 March 2009. Nicolas et sa Carlita se sont pris deux jours de vacances dans un endroit de rêve ! Regardez !, Pure People, 8 March 2009. Mexique : Sarkozy a-t-il séjourné chez un narco présumé ?, Rue 89, 11 March 2009
- ^ a b c d Al Giordano, Clinton's Mexican narco-pals ; The untold story behind February's Yucatán summit redefines the enemy in the war on drugs, The Boston Phoenix, May 13-20, 1999
- ^ Al Giordano, Accused Narco Banker to Host Bush-Calderón Meeting in Yucatán, Narco News, 11 March, 2007
- ^ Decision of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, December 5, 2001
[edit] External links
- (Spanish) [http://www.robertohernandezramirez.com
- Forbes.com: Forbes World's Richest People
- Nature Conservancy bBoard of Directors
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