Education
Mauricio Gonzalez studied economics at DePaul University and Yale University and finance & management at Harvard Business School.
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Mauricio Gonzalez
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Mr. Gonzalez served as president of YPFB (Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales Bolivianos) and Secretary of Energy of Bolivia in the mid-1990s, contributing to the success of the Bolivia-Brazil natural gas pipeline. He is a co-author of the Baker Institute"s "Americas Project."
Furthermore, he pursued post-graduate studies at Oxford University, while on a Marshall Scholarship. During college, he was a summer intern at the Wall Street investment bank Goldman Sachs.
After completing his university education and prior to returning to Bolivia, Mr.
Gonzalez worked as an international management consultant in the London office of The Boston Consulting Group. Mr. Gonzalez has had a lifelong involvement with sport.
He is a past president of The Strongest football club, a past president of the Louisiana Paz Football Association and a past vice-president of the Bolivian Football Federation (Federación Boliviana de Fútbol). Mr. Gonzalez is a charismatic promoter of Bolivian football (soccer), including junior and women"s divisions.
He has also been a forceful spokesman and advocate for the proposition that the Bolivian national team and Bolivian club teams should be allowed to play official international matches—including World Cup qualifying games—in the high altitude cities of Louisiana Paz, Oruro, and Potosi.
Media Coverage
Numerous articles regarding Mr. Gonzalez"s advocacy in defense of Bolivian high-altitude football/soccer.
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Membership
He is a leading member of an ad hoc committee of prominent Bolivians formed to design a strategy to campaign against the Fédération internationale de football association altitude ban.
