Franco Parisi
Franco Aldo Parisi Fernández (born 25 August 1967) is a Chilean business engineer and economist. He received recognition for doing radio and television programs about economy along with his brother Antonino Parisi, and has been nicknamed "the economist of the people". In 2012 he launched his independent candidacy for president for the 2013 elections in Chile. Parisi ideologically identifies himself as a social liberal.
Biography
Parisi was born in Santiago de Chile on 25 August 1967. He studied at the Escuela Experimental Salvador Sanfuentes, and completed his secondary studies at the Instituto Nacional. He also briefly studied at Chile's Military Academy. He was later admitted to the career of Business engineering at the University of Chile, and obtained a doctorate in Finances at the University of Georgia.
Parisi was visiting professor at the Rice University (2002–03), University of Alabama (2000), University of Georgia (1999), and Georgetown University. In Chile, he was a professor at the Faculty of Economy and Businesses of the University of Chile, where he also worked as a vice dean and interim dean in 2010 and was a member of the Group of Monetary Politics (Grupo de Política Monetaria). He candidated for dean in the aforementioned faculty, but lost the election. He also worked at the Andrés Bello National University, where he was appointed dean of the Business Faculty, and, subsequently became the dean of the Chilean Institute for Executive Development (IEDE), organization property of the Laureate International Universities. He resigned the office in July 2012.
