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Since joining his family business, Kaluz, in 2003, Juan Pablo has been responsible for real estate investments and for Kaluz’s participation in Orbia. Under his watch, Kaluz has constructed more than 1.5 million square feet of mixed-use developments in Mexico, and Orbia has been transformed from a local chemical company to a world leader in polymers, fluor, precision agriculture, data communications, and building and infrastructure solutions that are advancing life around the world. Prior to his role at Kaluz, Juan Pablo founded Grupo Módulo Progresivo an affordable housing development company in 2001, and worked for Telmex from 1996 to 1999, where among other responsibilities he led the implementation of the first fiber optic sea cable project connecting the United States, Mexico, and South America.

Juan Pablo serves on the Johnson Controls Inc. and Elementia boards of directors. In the nonprofit realm, he is the chairman of Mexico City’s first water fund, co-chairman of the Latin American Conservation Council at The Nature Conservancy and a member of the International Advisory Board at Harvard Business School and the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies.

Juan Pablo holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from Anáhuac University and a master of business administration (MBA) from Harvard Business School.