Yale School of Management - Alumni Leaders

"My Yale SOM experience was very enriching in both an academic and personal way. From an academic perspective I acquired tools, which I later used in my professional career, which not only included finance, marketing and operations, but also individual and group behavior, and public policy techniques. From a personal perspective I found it very useful to interact with brilliant individuals from all over the world, many of whom remain my friends."

Martín Juan Blaquier is an independent investor and manager of his family’s ranches in Argentina. Currently exploring new projects in the energy and agricultural sectors, Mr. Blaquier was previously the chief executive officer of Camuzzi Argentina, a subsidiary of the Italian conglomerate Camuzzi Group and a holding company with investments in gas distribution, power transportation and distribution, and water supply. He also served as the vice chairman and chief operating officer of Sideco Americana, a firm focused on public sector and infrastructural projects in Argentina, and the Mercosur; earlier, he was chief financial officer with Molinos Rio de la Palta, the largest food producer in Argentina.

Mr. Blaquier graduated as an industrial engineer in the Argentine Catholic University and obtained a Master in Public and Private Management from the Yale School of Management. At Yale, Mr. Blaquier also serves on the Board of Advisors of the School of Management and the advisory board of the International Center for Finance at the School of Management.

In Argentina he actively served as a member of the advisory boards of FIEL (Fundación de Investigaciones Económicas Latino-Americanas), IDEA (Instituto para el Desarrollo Empresarial de la Argentina), ADESPA (Asociación de Empresas de Servicio Públicos de Argentina), ADIGAS (Asociación de Distribuidores de Gas de la República Argentina), and C.A.C. (Cámara Argentina de Comercio).