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: Teach for America, Boys and Girls Clubs,

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, and United Performing Arts Fund. He is also director of the

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and

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1978 births Living people People from Brookfield, Wisconsin Sportspeople from Waukesha County, Wisconsin American chief executives American male freestyle swimmers Male long-distance swimmers World Aquatics Championships medalists in open water swimming Swimmers at the 1999 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in swimming Henry Crown Fellows {{US-swimming-bio-stub