Mauricio González Sfeir
Bolivian executive (born 1956)
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Mauricio González Sfeir (born 1956) is a former Secretary of Energy of Bolivia, former petroleum company executive and former president of the Bolivian professional football teams The Strongest[1] and La Paz F.C.[2] Gonzalez served as president of YPFB (Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales Bolivianos) and Secretary of Energy of Bolivia in the mid-1990s. He is a co-author of the Baker Institute's "Americas Project." He has also been involved in philanthropic activities with educational institutions, both in the United States and in Bolivia.[3]
Mauricio González Sfeir | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1956 (age 69–70) |
| Education | Harvard Business School |
| Occupations | Petroleum company executive and president of the Bolivian professional football team La Paz F.C. |
Gonzalez studied economics at DePaul University and Yale University and finance & management at Harvard Business School. He pursued post-graduate studies at Oxford University,[4] while on a Marshall Scholarship. Gonzalez worked as an international management consultant in the London office of The Boston Consulting Group.[5]
Gonzalez represented Bolivia in Junior Davis Cup tennis competition at the South American level,[6] taught tennis at the Welby Van Horn Tennis Camp, and played on the varsity tennis teams of DePaul University and Oxford University, where he earned two varsity Blue (university sport).[7] Together with Geoff Tabin, he initiated the Oxford tradition of tennis spring break trips to Spain. He is a past president of The Strongest football club,[8] a past president of the La Paz Football Association and a past vice-president of the Bolivian Football Federation (Federación Boliviana de Fútbol).
Gonzalez has promoted Bolivian football (soccer), including junior and women's divisions. He has advocated for the proposition that the Bolivia 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 La Paz, Oruro, and Potosi. He is a leading member of an ad hoc committee of prominent Bolivians formed to design a strategy to campaign against the FIFA altitude ban.[citation needed]
González is based in Bolivia and the United States.[9]
In La Paz, Bolivia, on 14 October 2024, celebrating the centenary of the birth of Walter Gonzalez Gonzalez, Gonzalez was the keynote speaker at the XXXIst Awards Ceremony for the Premio Ing. Walter Gonzalez a la Excelencia Academica at the UMSA (Universidad Mayor de San Andres).[10]