Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (BS) Henley Management College (MBA) Harvard Business School Templeton College, Oxford
Occupation(s)
Businessman, mining magnate
Years active
1977–present
Known for
Leadership of Compañía de Minas Buenaventura
Political party
Peruvian Aprista Party[1](2020–present)
Spouses
Luz María Harten Costa
Thessa Navarro-Grau Dyer
Children
Alberto Benavides III
Parent(s)
Alberto Benavides de la Quintana Elsa Ganoza de la Torre
Relatives
Elsa Blanca Benavides (sister) Alberto Benavides II (brother) Mercedes Benavides (sister) Raúl Benavides (brother) Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre (grand-uncle)
Roque Eduardo Benavides Ganoza (born August 20, 1954) is a Peruvian engineer, businessman, and mining magnate, who is the chairman and former CEO of Compañía de Minas Buenaventura.[2] A leading businessman in the mining sector, Benavides is considered one of the most powerful Peruvian entrepreneurs, and has a net worth of US$2 billion as of March 2013, making him the fifth-wealthiest person in Peru.[3][4]
Benavides was born in Lima, Peru. He developed an interest in mining business in his youth, eventually entering the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru in order to pursue a degree in mining engineering, but ultimately switched to civil engineering. He went on to graduate from Henley Management College at the University of Reading, and completed advanced business programs at Harvard University and the University of Oxford.
Serving as CFO of Compañía de Minas Buenaventura, his family's company founded by his father, Alberto Benavides de la Quintana, from 1985 to 2001, Benavides took a prominent role in Peruvian business community, propelling to serve as President of the National Confederation of Private Business Institutions (CONFIEP) in two non-consecutive occasions, aside from participating as board member of leading economic groups, among them the Banco de Crédito del Perú.[4] Upon his father's retirement from the company, Benavides succeeded him as CEO in 2001 and as chairman of the board of directors in 2010.
Unlike most Peruvian businesspeople, Benavides is the only leader of a major economic group that has publicly signaled his interest in participating directly in politics. Signaled as a potential presidential candidate for the Peruvian Aprista Party nomination in the 2021 general election,[5][6][7] he ultimately declined, but became a full-member of the party, leaving doubt if he would seek the presidential nomination in the next election cycle.[8][9][10]
^"Elecciones 2021: Roque Benavides se inscribió en el Partido Aprista". www.elcomercio.pe. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
^"Buenaventura".
^"Ten Peruvians Included in Forbes' List of Billionaires". www.peruviantimes.com. 5 March 2013. Retrieved Jul 1, 2020.
^ ab"Great Mines". The Business Year. Retrieved Jul 1, 2020.
^PERU21, NOTICIAS (Sep 17, 2019). "Política: El Apra se divide en la búsqueda del reemplazo de Alan García | NOTICIAS PERU21 PERÚ". Peru21. Retrieved Jul 1, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^LR, Redacción (May 25, 2019). "APRA ve con buenos ojos plancha presidencial con Alan García y Roque Benavides". larepublica.pe. Retrieved Jul 1, 2020.
^"Apra coquetea con Roque Benavides". redaccion.lamula.pe. Retrieved Jul 1, 2020.
^Ortiz Martínez, Sebastian (23 September 2020). "Elecciones 2021: Roque Benavides se inscribió en el Partido Aprista". El Comercio. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
^Ortiz Martínez, Sebastian (23 September 2020). "Roque Benavides: el impacto de su inscripción en el Partido Aprista". El Comercio. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
^"Roque Benavides: "No seré candidato en las próximas elecciones"". El Comercio. 24 September 2020. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
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