Fernando Romero

Fernando Romero (born 11 October 1971) is a Mexican architect, urban designer, educator, author and philanthropist. In 2011, his company FR-EE Fernando Romero Enterprise received international recognition for the construction of the Soumaya Museum in Mexico City. He is the son-in-law of the Mexican billionaire, Carlos Slim.

Background

Fernando Romero is the great grandson of Mexican developer Alejandro Romero Lesbros, who was a pioneer in the development of several boroughs and recreation districts in Mexico City throughout the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. His grandfather Raúl Romero Erazo and father Raúl Romero Zenizo continued the family business. He studied architecture at Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City from 1991 until 1995, serving as a President of the Alumni Society. In 2012, Fernando Romero lectured as a Visiting Professor at Columbia University in New York City. He is a member of the American Institute of Architects and CAMSAM (Mexican Chamber of Architects).

Romero

Romero is both a Spanish and an Italian surname meaning:

In the genealogical record in the Philippines

Romero is one of the surname that were been given by the Spaniards during the Spanish colonial era in the Philippines and the rest of other colonial nations in order to avoid confusions and technically, as a replacement of the indigenous surnames that were difficult to pronounce among Spaniards, altogether with the Catholic conversions as well. Majority of the ethnic Filipinos did not inherit their Spanish surnames, but obtained them for colonial purposes.

Other variations of the surname

Fernando

Fernando may mean:

First name