Alfonso Carlos Romo Garza (born 8 October 1950), known as Alfonso Romo, is a

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businessman, agro-industrialist. He founded the ''Opción Ciudadana'' (Citizen Option) party in 2005. He is the owner of VECTOR Casa de Bolsa, the largest fund management company in Latin America. Alfonso Romo was born in

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, Mexico, and attended the Instituto Patria, a grammar, middle and high school then still run by the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). He then graduated from the Institute Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, where he received a degree in agricultural engineering.Danforth Center website
/ He founded Pulsar International in 1981. A holding company that among other entities included an insurance company, and stock brokerage. The group later expanded into

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and seed production. Apart from its business enterprises, Pulsar supports various cultural, educational and ecological activities. His seed production company was known as Seminis before being sold to

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. Alfonso Romo was active in support of former Mexican President

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, and a leading proponent of the regional development and integration scheme known as the Puebla-Panama Plan. In 2012, however, he has decided to give his support to the Morena presidential candidate

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. He is a member of the

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's External Advisory Board for Latin America and the Caribbean. Romo is a major financier to the Swedish show jumper

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's ventures into the world elite of

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. Romo has competed as an equestrian at the

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and the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Romo, Alfonso 1950 births Living people Mexican billionaires Mexican businesspeople Mexican engineers Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education alumni Olympic equestrians for Mexico Equestrians at the 1996 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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