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Rubin (born August 31,
1974) is an American-Mexican businessman and political activist who has
lived in both Mexico and the United States. He is currently the Managing
Partner Latin America of a global American executive search firm. He is also the President and
Chairman of the Board of The American Society,
represents the United States Republican Party,
and writes as a columnist for Reforma, CNN Expansión and Forbes. Rubin was born and raised in Mexico City. His father was from Cleveland, Ohio, and his mother is from Mexico. They
both worked in the travel industry. Born Larry David Rubin, he completed
his studies through high school at
the American School before obtaining a degree in business
administration at Anahuac University. He has
three doctorates "Honoris Causa". While attending secondary school,
Larry worked as a sales distributor for Amway
Corporation and had a network of 1,000 distributors. At age 18,
he worked for US Airways, now American Airlines, as an airport check-in and baggage agent. He was
responsible for the U.S. airline's opening of new routes to Cancún, Cozumel and Mexico City. In these destinations, he worked with local
businesses and government to provide funding in order to promote passenger
travel to the U.S. and Canada. He also established regular working
meetings between U.S. airlines and the U.S. government in
Mexico. Six years later, he became the general director of the Mexico branch. During
this time, he was also elected as the first Vice President of the National
Chamber of Air Transport (representing all U.S. airlines) and on the Board of
Directors of CONCAMIN (the
industrial chambers confederation of +110 national chambers and associations,
where today he currently is a Vice President) and there worked with government to lower costs for U.S. and
foreign carriers and improve the working conditions of airline employees. Thereafter,
Rubin became the General Director of Arizona-based direct sales company Forever Living Products in
Mexico and afterwards as Partner for Chicago-based executive search firm Spencer Stuart. Rubin is presently the Managing Partner Latin
America for an executive search firm from the U.S. He has been in the
executive search industry since 2012, placing officers in multinational
companies. He has led American companies and organizations since 1996. He
gives classes at one of the largest Mexican universities at Universidad Anahuac Mexico,
where he promotes U.S. cultural heritage. Additionally he writes columns
for CNN, Forbes and Reforma. From 1997 to 2008,
Rubin served in different capacities and became the youngest CEO of the American Chamber of
Commerce in Mexico. He left his job at U.S. Airways in 2005 to
become the CEO of the American Chamber of Commerce of Mexico. He also became
Vice President of the Association of American Chambers of Commerce in Latin
America. He lobbied the Mexican Congress for
legislation in favor of US investment in Mexico. He has lobbied to support a
bilateral relationship between the two countries through the Mexican Congress
and Mexican Chamber of
Deputies as he asserted cutting ties would hamper several U.S.
industries. He also worked with the Mexican
Federal Executive branch to lower the percentage on a new tax
being proposed that would cost U.S. businesses more. He advised government
against pressing double taxation on investments in Mexico. In a broader
effort, Rubin lobbied Congress for approval of a tax reform benefiting
business, and during the Forum on Fiscal Reform pointed out that both private
sector and other actors involved had already reached agreements on tax reform
that were ignored by Congress. He also promoted laws that would benefit U.S.
businesses such as the changes to Mexican Social Security
Institute. He worked together with Mexico's business organizations
in the bilateral initiative Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America, where
U.S. and Mexican businesses worked with both governments to enact regulations
and laws that would benefit both. He was part of the delegation that
helped pass the Mérida Initiative, a
security cooperation agreement between the U.S. and
the Mexican governments and
the countries of Central America, with the
declared aim of combating the threats of drug trafficking, transnational organized
crime and money laundering. Rubin also lobbied for more security for
U.S. businesses operating in Mexico, and for Congress and the Executive branch
to work together to resolve this issue. Additionally he worked on regulations
that he said would improve the flow of goods crossing both sides of the border,
and improve delivery times of goods and services. He worked with U.S. Customs and Border
Protection on the legislation's implementation. He signed an
agreement with the Mexican government to modify regulations under the North
American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). He has also
protected U.S. business from unnecessary legal force in Mexico, such as when
the Hotel María Isabel Sheraton was closed down and he worked with the Mexican
authorities to reopen it. Additionally he has protected U.S. interests from
harmful effects, such as the initiative to not buy and boycott American
products. He also opened dialogue with the three major parties and their
candidates for President of Mexico and invited them to speak to the American
investment community. Rubin was awarded the Chamber's commerce award on six
occasions for his contributions to the overall commercial relationship between
Mexico and the US. Presently, Rubin is the President and Chairman of the Board
of The American Society of
Mexico, a non-profit organization that
was founded in 1942, aims to promote U.S. traditions and heritage in Mexico. He
also represents the US Republican Party in
Mexico. Following Donald Trump's victory in
the 2016 US
Presidential Election, Rubin urged the Mexican government to
strengthen diplomatic relations with the US during Donald Trump's presidency. In November he organized the
largest apolitical election night in Mexico, with thousands of people in
attendance and hundreds of news outlets present. Since 2006, Rubin has
advocated for reform of immigration in the United
States. In 2007, Rubin made public a survey of the Mexican public,
which concluded that Mexico was one of the top nations for breach of copyright
and trademark. He said that U.S. business was being hurt by the lack of
enforcement in Mexico of intellectual property
rights (IPR). |