Alfonso Carlos Romo Garza

Place: Mexico City

Born: 1950

Biography:

Alfonso Carlos Romo Garza, known as Alfonso Romo, is a Monterrey businessman and 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. Romo was born in Mexico City, 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. 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 biotechnology 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 Monsanto. Romo is a major financier to the Swedish show jumper Rolf-Göran Bengtsson's ventures into the world elite of show jumping. Romo has competed as an equestrian at the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Summer Olympics.