Austin Ramirez

Austin Ramirez
Personal information
Full name Austin Ramirez
Nationality  United States
Born (1978-06-30) June 30, 1978
Brookfield, Wisconsin
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle
Club Elmbrook

Austin Ramirez (born June 30, 1978 in Brookfield, Wisconsin) is the president and CEO of HUSCO International.[1] He replaced his father, Agustin Ramirez, who was CEO for 25 years.[1]

Ramirez graduated from the University of Virginia with a degree in Systems engineering and spent two years working as a consultant at the San Francisco office of McKinsey and Company, a global management consulting firm.[1]

Ramirez worked for a year as a project manager at Husco, then went to graduate school at Stanford Graduate School of Business in Palo Alto, California[1] as a Goldman Sachs Fellow and graduated as an Arjay Miller Scholar.

Ramirez became CEO of Husco’s automotive business in 2008.[1]

Previously Ramirez was a freestyle swimmer from USA. He represented his native country at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships in Perth, Western Australia, competing in two individual events (5 km).

Ramirez sits on a number of education-focused boards including: Teach for America, Boys and Girls Clubs, YMCA, and United Performing Arts Fund. He is also director of the Greater Milwaukee Committee, Metropolitan Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce and Young Presidents' Organization.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Rovito, Rich (November 4, 2011). "Ramirez follows father’s footsteps at Husco". Milwaukee Business Journal. Retrieved July 11, 2015.


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