Jorge Suárez-Vélez
CEO and Founding Partner of
Americana Partners International
Jorge Suárez-Vélez is CEO and Founding Partner of Americana Partners International. In this role he works closely with ultra-high-net-worth Latin American families to help preserve and grow their wealth across generations.
Previously, Jorge served as Managing Director at Allen & Company Investment Advisors from 2015 to 2024. He was Founding Partner of SP Family Office, LLC from 2009 to 2015, and CEO of ING Private Wealth Management, LLC from 2004 to 2009. He also served in various roles for other Swiss, Japanese and Mexican financial institutions.
Since 1998, he has been a weekly guest at CNN en español, commenting on economic topics. In July of 2017 he became a weekly Op-Ed columnist for Reforma/El Norte/Muralin Mexico, writing about politics and economics. He previously wrote a similar column for El Financiero newspaper in Mexico (local partner of Bloomberg), from 2013 to 2017.
In 2011, Random House published his book La Próxima Gran Caída de la Economía Mundial (The Coming Downturn of the World Economy), and in 2013 Ahora o Nunca, La Gran Oportunidad de México Para Crecer (Now or Never, The Great Opportunity for Mexico to Grow). Both books remained on the best-seller list for months.
He has been a speaker at events of the Council of Foreign Relations, the Council of the Americas, Aspen Institute, Milken Institute Global Conference, Columbia University, Penn University, Pace University, Florida International University (FIU), and dozens of conferences throughout the Americas.
An economist from the ITAM University in Mexico City, he completed graduate programs at the IMD at Lausanne, Switzerland in 2003 and 2007. He taught at the Universidad Panamericana in Mexico City between 1984 and 1988.
From 2005 to 2016 he served on the board of trustees of the Lycée Français de New York; since 2011 on the board of Qualitas of Life Foundation, since 2016 on the board of México ¿Cómo Vamos? in Mexico City, and on the advisory board of the Mexico Institute at the Wilson Center. He co-presides over APEM (Asociación de Profesionistas y Empresarios de México en Nueva York Foundation), which he co-founded in 2012.
Jorge Suárez Vélez es CEO y Socio Fundador de Americana Partners International. Su principal función es interactuar con familias de altos recursos basadas en América Latina, buscando ayudarles a preservar e incrementar su patrimonio a través de generaciones.
Previamente, Jorge fue Managing Director en Allen & Company Investment Advisors de 2015 a 2024, Socio Fundador de SP Family Office, LLC de 2009 a 2015, CEO de ING Private Wealth Management, LLC, de 2004 a 2009, y previamente desempeñó diferentes funciones en instituciones financieras de Suiza, Japón y México.
Desde 1998 contribuye con comentarios económicos para CNN en Español, desde julio de 2017 escribe una columna semanal sobre temas políticos y económicos para los periódicos Reforma/El Norte/Mural, en México. De 2013 a 2017 escribió una columna similar para El Financiero (socio en México de Bloomberg).
En 2011, Random House publicó su libro La próxima gran caída de la economía mundial, y en 2013 Ahora o nunca, la gran oportunidad de México para crecer. Ambos libros se mantuvieron por meses en las listas de más vendidos. Ha sido orador invitado en el Council of Foreign Relations, Council of the Americas, Aspen Institute, Milken Conference, Columbia University, Penn University, Pace University, FIU, y ha dado docenas de conferencias en toda América Latina.
Economista del ITAM en la Ciudad de México, completó dos diplomados en el IMD de Lausana, Suiza, en 2003 y 2007l. Fue profesor en la Universidad Panamericana de la Ciudad de México entre 1984 y 1988.
De 2005 a 2016 fue miembro del patronato del Lycée Français de New York, desde 2011 es miembro del consejo de Qualitas of Life Foundation, y desde 2016 del Advisory Board del Mexico Institute en el Wilson Center. Co-preside la Asociación de profesionistas y empresarios de México en Nueva York, que co-fundó en 2012.
