Jorge Andres Azpurua Ramirez, Executive Director

Jorge Andres Azpurua Ramirez was an executive director at Grupo Eiffel and as such was actively involved in supervising any and all administrative and financial issues for the company. While under his leadership, Grupe Eiffel executed over 14,000 units in Venezuela and worked on housing developments in both Trinidad and Tobago in a joint venture with local investors and developers. He managed Grupo, the family business, with over 40 years of activity and over 1,400 employees.

During his career, Jorge Andres Azpurua Ramirez has served on many Executive Boards including the Board of Directors and Executive Committee for BanPro Banco Universal as well as the Board of Directors and the Audit Committee for Corporacion Industrial Montana. He also served the Board of Directors for Condinca, a Venezuelan real estate company specializing in acquiring multifamily properties and condominiums and then converting them. He even served one period on the Board of Directors for the “Federación Venezolana de Entidades de Ahorro y Préstamo,” a national savings and loans chamber.

An education was important to Jorge Andres Azpurua Ramirez, so before starting his career, he attended Babson College in Wellesley, MA receiving a Bachelor's of Science in Business and majored in Entrepreneurial studies as well as a concentration in economics. He also is a graduate from Stonier Graduate School of Banking from the American Bankers Association department.

Green Hill Capital Manager, Jorge Andres Azpurua Ramirez

Jorge Andres Azpurua Ramirez started his professional career as a mergers and acquisitions banker at Violy, Byorum & Partners, LLC. Violy, Byorum & Partners, LLC is a financial boutique company founded in New York City in 1996. It was at this firm that he assisted in the purchase of the Pepsi Cola bottling operation in Venezuela by The Cola Cola Company and the issuance of debt and equity by Corporations GEO, a housing development company based in Mexico City. Following that great feat, in 1997, Jorge Andres Azpurua Ramirez joined his family business to acquire Pre Vivienda Entidad de Ahorro y Prestamo C.A, a housing financial institution that eventually turned into a Universal Bank under the BanPro brand.

As a managing member of Green Hill Capital, LLC, Jorge Andres Azpurua Ramirez has been able to utilize his many skills he has accumulated over the years. Azpurua has been a real estate investor and operator for over 18 years and as a managing member of the company is in charge of approving all the firm’s commitments. During his illustrious career, Jorge Andres Azpurua Ramirez has managed a mortgage portfolio of over $100 million and been involved in multiple real estate developments.

While Jorge Andres Azpurua Ramirez’s was at BanPro, they grew to be one the fastest growing, successful specialized mortgage banks in Venezuela. Shortly after the bank was sold, Azpurua worked from 2007-2011 as an executive director for the family real estate company, Grupo Eiffel and was on the board of directors for the company from 2006-2011.