José Ambrosio Muguerza Crespo (December 7, 1858 – March 14, 1939) was a Mexican born entrepreneur and philanthropist.
In 1934, Meguerza founded the Muguerza Hospital, in
Monterrey
Monterrey (, , abbreviated as MtY) is the capital and largest city of the northeastern Mexican state of Nuevo León. It is the ninth-largest city and the second largest metropolitan area, after Greater Mexico City. Located at the foothills of th ...
. Over the next decades, the Catholic, not-for-profit Muguerza Group added hospitals in Monterrey,
Puebla
Puebla, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Puebla, is one of the 31 states that, along with Mexico City, comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 217 municipalities and its capital is Puebla City. Part of east-centr ...
,
Chihuahua and
Reynosa
Reynosa () is a border city in the northern part of the state of Tamaulipas, in Mexico which also holds the municipal seat of Reynosa Municipality.
The city is located on the southern bank of the Rio Grande in the international Reynosa–McAlle ...
.
In April 2001, Muguerza Group partnered with
Christus Health
Christus Health is an international Catholic nonprofit health system based in Irving, Texas.
History
The present company was formed on January 28, 1999 by the merger of Houston's Sisters of Charity Health Care System and San Antonio's Incarna ...
, a like-minded organization based in the United States, to form the Christus Muguerza Group alliance, the largest healthcare system in northern Mexico.
Muguerza has also been a founder and/or board member of other Mexican enterprises, including
Cervecería Cuauhtémoc,
Banco Mercantil de Monterrey,
Cementos Mexicanos, Compañía Fundidora de Fierro y Acero de Monterrey and Junta de la Unión Regional Nuevoleonesa.
References
External links
Hospital Muguerza Official Website
1858 births
1939 deaths
Mexican company founders
Mexican philanthropists
Businesspeople from Monterrey
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