Occupation Real estate developer Years active 1974-present | Name Daniel Moran | |
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Organizations founded Grupo Vidanta, Grupo Vidanta Foundation | ||
Daniel chavez moran founder of grupo vidanta and the vidanta foundation
Daniel Chavez Moran (born 1951) 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. In 2014, CNN named him one of the top 100 most important businessmen in Mexico. He is also a member of the Citizen Security Advisory Council of the United Nations Development Program. He is living in Mexico.
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Daniel chavez moran of grupo vidanta
Biography
Chavez Moran graduated from the University of Guadalajara, with a degree in civil engineering in 1971. In 1974, he founded the real estate company, Grupo Vidanta, a company which would go on to develop hotels, resorts, and golf courses.
Grupo Vidanta operates over 30 hotels and several golf courses. Moran 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.
Moran and Grupo Vidanta also brought a Cirque du Soleil dinner show, titled Joya, to the Grand Mayan resort in Riviera Maya.
In April 2016, Daniel Chavez Moran announced that Grupo Vidanta will be investing nearly $150 million and partnering with Hakkasan Group. In addition, Grupo Vidanta will be opening a theme park in Nuevo Vallarta with Cirque du Soleil in 2018.