Mauricio González Sfeir
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Mauricio González Sfeir | |
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| Born | 1956 (age 68–69) |
| Nationality | Bolivia |
| Alma mater | Harvard Business School |
| Occupation(s) | Petroleum company executive and president of the Bolivian professional football team La Paz F.C. |
Mauricio González Sfeir (born 1956) is a former petroleum company executive and former president of the Bolivian professional football team La Paz F.C.[1] 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." [1]
Mauricio Gonzalez studied economics at DePaul University and Yale University and finance & management at Harvard Business School. Furthermore, he pursued post-graduate studies at Oxford University,[2] 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.[3]
Mr. Gonzalez has had a lifelong involvement with sport. He represented Bolivia in Junior Davis Cup tennis competition at the South American level (once defeating Ricardo Ycaza in doubles), taught tennis at the Welby Van Horn Tennis Camp, and played on the tennis teams of DePaul University (under legendary coach George Lott) and Oxford University. He is a past president of The Strongest football club, [4] a past president of the La Paz Football Association and a past vice-president of the Bolivian Football Federation (Federación Boliviana de Fútbol).
Mr. Gonzalez has promotee 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.
González is based in Bolivia and the United States according to the website of Cereus Capital Partners as of July 10, 2025.[5] He has had several academic appointments, the most recent being at Dominican University in the Chicago Metropolitan Area.
In La Paz, Bolivia, on October 14, 2024, celebrating the centenary of the birth of Walter Gonzalez Gonzalez, Mauricio Gonzalez Sfeir 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). [6]
Media Coverage
- Numerous articles regarding Mr. Gonzalez's advocacy in defense of Bolivian high-altitude football/soccer [2]
References
[edit]- ^ "El ascenso vertiginoso de La Paz FC". La Razón. La Paz. 5 December 2005. Archived from the original on 1 October 2009. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
- ^ "Mauricio Gonzalez-Sfeir – Cereus". Retrieved 8 July 2025.
- ^ "Mauricio Gonzalez-Sfeir – Cereus". Retrieved 8 July 2025.
- ^ "Mauricio Gonzalez Oficializa Su Candidatura" [Mauricio Gonzalez Makes Official His Candidacy]. Noticias Fides (in Spanish). La Paz, Bolivia. 22 July 1998. Retrieved 12 July 2025.,
- ^ "Mauricio Gonzalez-Sfeir – Cereus". Retrieved 8 July 2025.
- ^ "Entrega del trigesimo primer Premio a la Excelencia Academica Ing. Walter Gonzalez" [Award ceremony for the 31st Ing. Walter Gonzalez Prize for Academic Excellence]. El Diario newspaper (in Spanish). La Paz, Bolivia. 23 October 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2025.