Austin Ramirez (born June 30, 1978) is the president and CEO of HUSCO International. He replaced his father, Agustin Ramirez, who was CEO for 25 years. Ramirez graduated from the

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with a degree in

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and spent two years working as a consultant at the San Francisco office of

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, a global management consulting firm. Ramirez worked for a year as a project manager at Husco, then went to graduate school at

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as a Goldman Sachs Fellow and graduated as an Arjay Miller Scholar. Ramirez became CEO of Husco's automotive business in 2008. Previously Ramirez was a

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swimmer from United States. He represented his native country at the

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, competing in two individual events (5 km). Ramirez sits on a number of education-focused boards including:

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, Boys and Girls Clubs,

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, and United Performing Arts Fund. He is also director of the Greater Milwaukee Committee, Metropolitan Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce and

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