Industry Leaders

Explore stories of top industry leaders shaping the future. Hispanic Executive highlights influential figures driving innovation and success

Executives to Watch October 2026
Executives to Watch: October 2026

In our October Executives to Watch, meet six Hispanic executives shaping the future of their industries.

Gustavo Torres Fervo Energy
Gustavo Torres Powers Fervo Energy Through a Landmark Year

Gustavo Torres went public with Fervo Energy, completed deals with Google, and was named “Attorney of the Year” by the Hispanic National Bar Association

Martin Cabrera Jr. Cabrera Capital Markets
Martin Cabrera Jr. Wants Latinos to Control the Capital

The Cabrera Capital Markets founder says building Latino wealth depends on who controls the capital and how deliberately it circulates within the community

Daniela Mounger Wells Fargo & Company
Daniela Mounger Led a Team to Make Sending Money Abroad Easier for Families and Friends at Wells Fargo

Daniela Mounger and Co. are excited to make life a little easier for immigrants and their families

Don Cornwell Dynasty Equity
Don Cornwell Stresses the Importance of Being There in Person

Don Cornwell has helped shepherd massive sports and entertainment deals. He believes in doing it in person.

Alexander B. Anaya Bank of America
Alexander Anaya Has Arrived in Houston to Be the Partner Physicians Can Grow With

Alexander Anaya is Bank of America’s enterprise business development officer, growing relationships with physicians, dentists, and veterinarians throughout Houston

Gabriel Yorio Inter-American Development Bank Group
Gabriel Yorio Brings Unrivaled Experience to the Inter-American Development Bank

Gabriel Yorio, Vice President for Finance and Administration at the IDB, brings decades of experience across government, public policy, and finance.

Catalina Sierra Mejía O-I Glass, Inc.
Catalina Sierra Mejía Continues Challenging the Status Quo 17 Years in at O-I

Catalina Sierra Mejía is the treasurer with decades of institutional knowledge at O-I

Leandro Tyberg Primestor Development
Before Primestor Began Transforming Neighborhoods, It Had to Transform Leandro Tyberg

Leandro Tyberg speaks on the origin of an organization that proves that underserved neighborhoods are an opportunity for the right investors.

Alvaro Silva The Coca-Cola Company
Alvaro Silva is Always Coca-Cola

Alvaro Silva made it to the company he’d always wanted to work for, but it took some time.

Sandra Forero ZS
Sandra Forero is as Much a Culture Ambassador as Analytics and Tech Innovator at ZS

Sandra Forero is a Chief Operating Officer With a Passion for Culture and Impact—and the Very Best of ZS DNA

Fernando De Leon Leon Capital Group
Fernando De Leon Makes the Case for Latino Ownership

Leon Capital Group founder and CEO Fernando De Leon explains why the next step for Latinos is turning hard work into ownership

Paramount Bought Warner Bros. Now Comes the Hard Part.

Paramount Skydance’s $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery creates a media giant. Now it has to prove scale can create value.

Codie Sanchez JONESWORKS
Codie Sanchez Invests in Small Business Owners

Codie Sanchez Seeks to Create More Ownership with her new book, Own Or Be Owned

René Rodriguez Volentum
René Rodriguez Will Make You Impossible to Ignore

René Rodriguez is a leading authority on leadership and influence for a reason.

Bobby Herrera Populus Group
Bobby Herrera Says we need more Sages than CEOs – we don’t have Enough Teachers

Bobby Herrera is hoping to multiply more leaders willing to invest their time in others

Executives to Watch September 2026
Executives to Watch: September 2026

In our September Executives to Watch, meet nine Hispanic executives pushing their industries to the next level.

Pico y Pala by Sergio Barajas
Pico Y Pala: It’s a Wrap! Now the Real Work Begins

AVANCE is over, but for the National Hispanic Construction Alliance the real work is just starting, with new partners, new chapters, and a Construction Village

Avance Global 2026
Beyond the Numbers: What AVANCE Global Leaves Behind

More than 5,000 people gathered at AVANCE Global in Las Vegas. Decades of research on proximity, weak ties, and shared identity explain what that scale sets in motion.

Gabriel Regus Hispanics in Tech
Gabriel Regus Is Building the Pathways He Never Inherited

A dentist’s son from Washington Heights, Gabriel Regus now helps decide which emerging technologies earn a place on the electric grid—and is building the pathways into tech he never inherited

ProWood AVANCE Global
ProWood Brings Products and Expertise to Hispanic Contractors at AVANCE Global 2026

Lumber treater and building products distributor joins Lowe’s for panel discussions and brings its enhanced solutions to more than 7,000 Latino industry leaders