Carlos Pesquera
- January 9, 2024
- Civil Engineer
Quick Facts
Full Name | Carlos Pesquera |
Occupation | Civil Engineer |
Date Of Birth | Aug 17, 1956(1956-08-17) |
Age | 68 |
Birthplace | Santurce |
Country | Puerto Rico |
Horoscope | Leo |
Carlos Pesquera Biography
Name | Carlos Pesquera |
Birthday | Aug 17 |
Birth Year | 1956 |
Place Of Birth | Santurce |
Birth Country | Puerto Rico |
Birth Sign | Leo |
Siblings | Rafael Enrique Pesquera Morales |
Carlos Pesquera is one of the most popular and richest Civil Engineer who was born on August 17, 1956 in Santurce, Puerto Rico. Carlos Ignacio Pesquera Morales (born August 17, 1956) is a Puerto Rican civil engineer. He ran in the 2016 New Progressive Party primary to be Puerto Rico’s Resident Commissioner as Pedro Pierluisi’s ballot running mate, but lost by over 70% of the vote to state representative Jenniffer Gonzalez. He is married to Irasema Rivera, an agronomist, and has one son and one daughter. He currently resides in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico.
Pesquera then retired from public life and is currently teaching at several Puerto Rican universities. On January 2007, Governor Aníbal Acevedo Vilá nominated him to be part of the Board of Regents of the University of Puerto Rico.
Carlos Pesquera Net Worth
Net Worth | $5 Million |
Source Of Income | Civil Engineer |
House | Living in own house. |
Carlos Pesquera is one of the richest Civil Engineer from Puerto Rico. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Carlos Pesquera 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Carlos Ignacio Pesquera Morales graduated from High School while attending Nuestra Señora de Belén. Dr. Pesquera attended the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, where he graduated with high honors as an engineer. He was awarded the Etienne Totti Award for Best Student of the Civil Engineering Class, 1978. Later, Pesquera continued his graduate studies at Cornell University, where he obtained an M.S. and Ph.D. in Structural Engineering. At Cornell, Pesquera specialized in the application of Computer-Aided-Design tools in the design of steel framed structures. He then worked at 3D/Eye where he was in charge of developing Steel-3D, one of the first fully integrated structural design tools based on computer graphics. Afterwards, he taught civil engineering at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez.
Pesquera was the Secretary of the Department of Transportation and Public Works of Puerto Rico under Pedro Rosselló’s first and second terms as Governor (1993-1999). As Secretary of Transportation, he is credited as the driving force behind the $2 billion Tren Urbano (Urban Train), the Superaqueduct that has resolved metropolitan San Juan’s water rationing problems, numerous road construction projects and the construction of the José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum in San Juan. He ran for Governor of Puerto Rico as a candidate of the pro- statehood New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico in the 2000 elections but was defeated by Sila María Calderón of the Popular Democratic Party. The results of that election showed: Sila Calderón (PDP) with 978,860 votes (48.6%); Carlos Pesquera (NPP) 919,194 votes (45.7%); Ruben Berrios (PIP) 104,705 (5.2%), while other candidates had about 2700 votes (under 0.5%). Afterwards, he reorganized his followers and remained the head of the NPP until the year
- That same year Pedro Rosselló returned from retirement and Pesquera ran for his party’s candidacy for Governor but was soundly defeated in a primary election by Rosselló.
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Facts & Trivia
Matteo Ranked on the list of most popular Civil Engineer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Puerto Rico. Carlos Pesquera celebrates birthday on August 17 of every year.