Mario Quintana

Former vice Chief of Ministers of Argentina

Mario Quintana has over 35 years of experience as a social activist, entrepreneur, and politician. As a social activist, he was Ashoka director for Argentina and Southern Cone for 5 years. He participated in numerous NGOs with social and environmental causes. As an entrepreneur, he co-founded and chaired several companies, such as Farmacity and the Pegasus Group, which created more than 8000 jobs. As a politician, he was appointed by President Mauricio Macri as one of the coordinating ministers, and he was the Vice Chief of Cabinet of Argentina. He graduated as a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Buenos Aires and holds an MBA from INSEAD, France. He’s been married to Ana Beccuti for 33 years, and they have three grown children: Pablo, Belén and Florencia. He is currently co-creating a non-profit organization “Land of Gratitude”, to cultivate wellbeing and personal transformation.