Lorenzo Zambrano
Lorenzo H. Zambrano Treviño (b.
1945 in
Monterrey,
Nuevo Leon) is a
Mexican businessman. He is the
chairman and
CEO of
CEMEX, one of the largest
cement companies in the world.
Zambrano was born in
Monterrey,
Nuevo León into an upper-class family. He received a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the
Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Studies in
1966 and an
MBA from
Stanford University in
1968.
In
1968 he joined CEMEX, a cement company founded by his grandfather, and in
1985 became its chief executive officer. He is a member of the board of
IBM,
Citigroup, the Chairman's Council of
Daimler Chrysler AG,
Fomento Económico Mexicano,
Alfa,
Grupo Financiero Banamex,
Grupo Televisa, the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Studies, the
Stanford University's Graduate School of Business Advisory Council and the
Museum of Contemporary Art of Monterrey.
Zambrano and family ranked 292 in
Forbes Magazine World's Richest People list for
2005.
*
List of billionaires*
Guillermo Zambrano*
Marcelo Zambrano*
Wharton School of Business: Lorenzo Zambrano*
Revista Poder: Lorenzo Zambrano*
Forbes.com: World's Richest People: Lorenzo Zambrano & family
