Fernando Aguirre
Former Chairman & CEO of Chiquita Brands International
Fernando Aguirre is an owner in professional baseball. He is the sole owner and CEO of the Erie SeaWolves team, the Double AA affiliate of the Detroit Tigers. He is also the second largest owner and Vice-Chairman of the Myrtle Beach Pelicans, the Advanced A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs. He owned a minority position in the Cincinnati Reds until May 2019.
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Fernando Aguirre is an owner in professional baseball. He is the sole owner and CEO of the Erie SeaWolves team, the Double AA affiliate of the Detroit Tigers. He is also the second largest owner and Vice-Chairman of the Myrtle Beach Pelicans, the Advanced A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs. He owned a minority position in the Cincinnati Reds until May 2019.
Aguirre served as Chairman & CEO of Chiquita Brands International for almost 9 years. Prior to Chiquita, Aguirre worked for more than 23 years at Procter & Gamble (P&G).
He currently serves on the boards of CVS Health, Barry Callebaut, and Synchrony Financial. He is on the board of COLE the Duke University Fuqua’s School of Business and Coach K Center on Leadership and Ethics.
He joined YPO in 1991 and is currently a member of its Intercontinental Chapter. He attended the prestigious YPO Harvard President’s seminar for ten years earning HBS graduate status in 2009.
He previously served on the boards of Aetna, Inc., Coca Cola Enterprises, Levi Strauss & Co, Coveris, Univision Communications, the International Board of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and the advisory board to the Marshall School of Business at USC.
Aguirre earned a business degree at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in 1980. He was elected to SIUE’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 2007 and its alumni Hall of Fame in 2009. In 2012, Aguirre received an honorary doctoral degree from SIUE.
Aguirre was born in Mexico, is married and has two sons. He and his family became naturalized US citizens in 2009. He was the first Hispanic CEO to participate in CBS’s Undercover Boss. In 2011, he received the NFL’s Hispanic Heritage Leadership award, and was also recognized as one of the 100 Hispanic Influentials by Hispanic Business magazine.
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Fernando Aguirre es dueno y CEO de un equipo de beisbol profesional, los SeaWolves de Erie, Pennsylvania, equipo de doble AA afiliado a los Tigres de Detroit. Tambien es el segundo inversionista mas grande de los Myrtle Beach Pelicans, un equipo profesional de nivel A afiliado a los Chicago Cubs. Fue tambien inversionista en los Rojos de Cincinnati.
Aguirre fue tambien Presidente del Consejo y CEO de Chiquita Brands International durante casi 9 anos. Antes de eso, fue Ejecutivo en The Procter & Gamble Company durante mas de 23 anos, siendo Presidente de P&G Mexico durante los anos 90 s y Presidente del negocio Global de Comida y de Higiene Femenina de P&G antes de ser contratado por Chiquita en 2004.
El Sr. Aguirre esta en los Consejos Directivos de CVS Health, una de las mayores companias del Fortune 500, asi como Barry Callebaut, el productor mas grande de chocolate y cacao del mundo, al igual que Synchrony Financial, una compania financiera lider de tarjetas de credito en EUA. Tambien esta en el Consejo del Center on Leadership and Ethics de Duke University y el Coach K.
Es miembro de YPO (Young Presidents Organization) desde 1991 y fue Presidente del capitulo Mexicano de YPO en 1998. Tambien estuvo en los Consejos Directivos de Aetna Inc., Coca Cola Enterprises, Levi Strauss & Co, Univision, y el Consejo de la Fundacion de Juvenile Diabetes (JDRF). Tambien fue fundador y primer Presidente del Consejo de Advisors de la escuela Marshall de la Universidad del Sur de California.
Fernando Aguirre obtuvo su titulo en Administracion de Empresas en la Universidad del Sur de Illinois Edwardsville, en donde tambien obtuvo una beca y jugo beisbol para el equipo de dicha Universidad. Fue elegido al Salon de la Fama de Deportes de SIUE asi como al de la escuela de negocios de la misma Universidad. En 2012, el Sr. Aguirre obtuvo un Doctorado Honoris Causa por parte de SIUE.
El Sr. Aguirre nacio en Mexico DF, es casado y con dos hijos adultos. El y su familia se naturalizaron americanos en 2009 y viven en EUA. Fue el primer CEO Hispano en aparecer en la serie televisiva Undercover Boss de CBS. En 2011, obtuvo el reconocimiento Hispanic Leadership Award otorgado por la NFL y ha sido reconocido como uno de los Hispanos mas influyentes por la Hispanic Business magazine en EUA
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