Eugenio Garza Sada

Eugenio Garza Sada was an industrialist in the city of Monterrey, Mexico best known for founding the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education school system in the country. Garza was born into a business family, with his father founding the Cuauhtmoc Brewery in Monterrey in 1890. After Garza graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , he began to work at the brewery, working his way up in the company to eventually take over as director after his father died. Garza and his brother Roberto grew the company into a conglomerate and instituted various innovations including benefits and social services for employees. Garzas inspiration for founding ITESM came from his experience at MIT, as well as the desire to decrease Mexicos dependence on foreign expert help. He remained the head of ITESMs board until his death in 1973, as a result of a failed kidnapping attempt.

Eugenio Garza Sada was born on January 11, 1892 in Monterrey, Mexico. He was the fourth of children of Isaac Garza Garza and Consuelo Sada Muguerza de Sada. Both parents came from highly influential business families. His paternal grandfather, Juan de la Garza Martinez, was mayor of Monterrey in the mid 19th century, building the Templo del Roble church in 1853. His father founded the Cuauhtmoc Brewery along with Jos Caldern Muguerza in 1890 with the help of foreign capital. His birth and early upbringing coincided with the industrialization that was taking place under the Porfirio Daz regime at the end of the 19th century and very early 20th.

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