Luis Téllez

Mexican politician

Luis Manuel Enrique Téllez Kuenzler (born October 13, 1958) is a Mexican economist. He is a former Secretary of Energy in the cabinet of Ernesto Zedillo and served as Secretary of Communications and Transportation in the cabinet of President Felipe Calderón until 2009.²

From Wikipedia’s article on Luis Téllez (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Oct 13, 1958.¹

About

Téllez graduated from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) with a bachelor's degree in Economics (summa cum laude) took post graduate studies in law at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and received a doctorate's degree in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

He is a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) since 1980, where he headed the Institute for Economic, Social and Political Studies (IEPES). He joined the federal cabinet as Undersecretary of Planning at the Secretariat of Agriculture during the Carlos Salinas de Gortari administration, headed the Office of the Presidency in the Ernesto Zedillo administration and, from 1997 to 2000, served as his Secretary of Energy. During his tenure at the Secretariat of Agriculture, he wrote the book "La Modernizacion del Sector Agropecuario y Forestal", where the (1998–1994) administration's objectives with respect to the agricultural sector are laid out (ISBN 968164347X). He is also a member of the advisory board for the Mexico Institute.

When the PRI lost the Mexican presidency in 2000, Téllez joined the private sector as Executive Vice President and CEO of DESC, S.A. de C.V. Later on he joined The Carlyle Group as managing director, focusing on buyout investment opportunities in Mexico.

On November 21, 2006, President-elect Felipe Calderón announced he would serve as his Secretary of Communications and Transportation.

From Wikipedia’s article on Luis Téllez, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.²

Companies

Chubb Corp.Board member May 24, 2021 to now⁹
SempraBoard member Jun 8, 2006 to May 15, 2015¹⁰

Holdings

Stock this person has reported owning, from the forms officers and directors file with the SEC. See the biggest insider stakes.

Shares held

Chubb Corp. CB1,511 shares¹¹$536.8K at $355.29May 17, 2023

As of each latest filing. The line shows shares held over time.

Recent filings

May 17, 2023Shares withheld for tax 233 shares at $198.93 of Chubb Corp.¹¹
May 19, 2022Shares withheld for tax 271 shares at $203.88 of Chubb Corp.¹²
May 19, 2022Granted 932 shares of Chubb Corp.¹²

Early life and education

Date not recordedNational Autonomous University of Mexico³
Date not recordedInstituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México³
Date not recordedMassachusetts Institute of Technology³

Career

Occupation: politician, economist.⁶

Date not recordedBoard member, Chubb Corp.⁴
Date not recordedSecretary of Energy⁵

Personal life

BornOct 13, 1958, Mexico City⁷
CitizenshipMexico⁸

Legal issues and controversies

On February 2, radio host Carmen Aristegui interviewed Diana Pando, an ex-friend of Dr. Luis Tellez who claimed and presented a revealing audio inbox cell phone recording left by mistake by Luis Tellez in his cellular phone where he clearly says to some friends with him: "Salinas se robó la mitad de la cuenta secreta" (Salinas stole half of the secret account) supposedly talking about a secret account in the Mexican federal budget which consisted in thousands of millions of pesos (about hundreds of millions of US dollars) creating a scandal and calls for Tellez' resignation [1].

On March 3, President Calderón announced his resignation, and thanked him for his excellent management of the situation. His successor is Juan Molina.