Alberto Bailleres Gonzalez was born on August 22, 1931 in Mexico City, Mexico, Mexico. Alberto Bailleres Gonzalez chairs Industrias Penoles, Mexico's second largest mining company and one of the world's largest silver miners. He also controls department store chain Grupo Palacio de Hierro, insurance company Grupo Nacional Provincial and pension fund manager Grupo Profuturo, and he owns a stake in Mexican Coke bottler FEMSA. He is reportedly a patron of bullfighting and is the president of the board of trustees of ITAM, a leading Mexican university that specializes in business and economics. ITAM was founded by Alberto Bailleres' late father, Raul Bailleres.
Alberto Bailleres Gonzalez is a member of Metals & Mining
He was born in Mexico City, the son of Raúl Baillères. Baillères attended Culver Military Academy, in Culver, Indiana, US. In 1953 he received a bachelor's degree in economics from Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico (ITAM), in Mexico City.
2012
As of October 2012, Bloomberg lists Baillères as the 35th richest person in the world with an estimated net worth of US $19.3 billion.