Luis Vicente León

Venezuela | President, Datanálisis

Luis Vicente León is president of Datanálisis, a survey database specializing in global markets. He is also a professor at the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello and the Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración.

León received his bachelor’s degree in economics from the Andres Bello Catholic University and his master’s degree in Business Engineering from Simon Bolivar University both in Caracas. He has received numerous specialized degrees including: Industrial Analysis from the School of Industrial Organization (Madrid, 1994), Industrial Economics from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (1995), Management of Marketing Communications and Consumer Behavior, Manchester Business School (Manchester, England, 2000) and International Commerce and Special Economic Zones from the Taiwanese Ministry of Commerce. He teaches Political Environment Analysis at IESA and Industrial Economics at UCAB. In 1994 he was named the president of Datanálisis and managing partner at Tendencias Digitales. He also gives conferences to international corporations and institutions and currently sits on the board of Corporación Grupo Químico, Gold’s Gym, Tendencias Digitales and the Foundational Council of The Andres Bello Catholic University.

León was an event speaker at the Dialogue.

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