Larrea Mota-Velasco has been chairman, president and CEO of Grupo Mexico since 1994.[3] He was previously executive vice chairman of Grupo Mexico and has been a director since 1981.[3]
He has served as chairman of the Southern Copper Corporation since December 1999, CEO from December 1999 to October 2004, and as a director since November 1999.[3] He has been chairman and CEO of Grupo Ferroviario Mexicano since 1997.[3] He has been chairman and CEO of Empresarios Industriales de Mexico, Compania Perforadora Mexico, Mexico Compania Constructora, and Fondo Inmobiliario since 1992.[3]
He founded Grupo Impresa, a printing and publishing company in 1978, remaining as the chairman and CEO until 1989, when the company was sold.[3] He is also a director of Banco Nacional de Mexico, which forms part of Grupo Financiero Banamex, Consejo Mexicano de Hombres de Negocios, and Grupo Televisa.[3]
According to Forbes, he was the second richest man in Mexico, after Carlos Slim, in 2015, 2016, and 2021.[1][4]
In November 2020, Larrea Mota-Velasco sold 100,000 shares in Southern Copper Corporation for a total price of $6 million, meaning he now owns a stake in the company worth almost $121 million.[5]