Daniel Chavez Moran


Daniel Chávez Morán is a Mexican real estate developer and the founder of Grupo Vidanta, a real estate consortium which operates over 30 hotels in Latin America. He is also the founder of the Delia Moran Vidanta Foundation and the Vidanta Foundation, two non-profit philanthropic organizations.
Chávez Morán was named one of the top 100 most important businessmen in Mexico by CNN, and one of the 100 most important businessmen in Mexicon by Expansión magazine in 2019. He is also a member of the Citizen Security Advisory Council of the United Nations Development Program. He lives in Mexico.

Biography

Chávez Morán graduated from the University of Guadalajara, with a degree in civil engineering in 1973. In 1974, he founded the real estate company, Grupo Vidanta, a company which would go on to develop hotels, resorts, and golf courses.
Under Chávez Morán, Grupo Vidanta became one of Latin America’s largest employers with a staff of more than 17,000 employees and consistent appointment to the Great Place to Work Institute’s list of Best Companies to Work for in Mexico. It operates over 30 hotels and several golf courses.
Chávez Morán and Grupo Vidanta were also responsible for the funding for the Mar de Cortés International Airport which opened in 2009 in La Jolla de Cortés, near Puerto Peñasco in the state of Sonora.
from Cirque du Soleil
Chávez Morán and Grupo Vidanta also brought a Cirque du Soleil dinner show, titled JOYÀ, to Vidanta Riviera Maya.
In April 2016, Chávez Morán announced that Grupo Vidanta will be investing nearly $150 million and partnering with Hakkasan Group. In February 2018, the two companies debuted four new concepts at the Vidanta Los Cabos resort as part of this collaboration: OMNIA Dayclub, Herringbone, SHOREbar and Casa Calavera. In addition, it will be opening a theme park in Nuevo Vallarta in collaboration with Cirque du Soleil in the coming years.
In November 2018, it was announced that Chávez Morán will be a part of the business advisory council to Mexico's President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

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