By DAVID F. DELGADO S. | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL
Alumni of EGADE Business School at Tecnológico de Monterrey were recognized in the Thought Leaders 100 Mexico 2026 Ranking, developed by consulting firm Horse Consulting to identify the business leaders with the greatest influence on Mexico’s corporate landscape through the analysis of millions of data points from publicly available sources.
Silvia Dávila (MNE’97), former CEO of Danone Mexico and a alumna of the Master in Business Economics program, ranked first overall in the sixth edition of the business thought leadership ranking.
Other honorees included Isaías Martínez Cuevas (MBA’04), president of PepsiCo Mexico Foods and a alumnus of the EGADE MBA, who ranked 12th; Rodrigo Centeno Caballero (MNE’12), president and CEO of Nissan Mexicana and a alumnus of the Master in Business Economics, who ranked 17th; Rafael Sánchez (MA’94), president and CEO of Microsoft Mexico and a alumnus of the Master in Management, who ranked 29th; Jorge Luis Torres Aguilar (OneMBA’06), president of FedEx Express Mexico and a alumnus of the OneMBA program, who ranked 39th; Mildred Villegas Sojo (MBA’04), general manager of Unilever Mexico and Foods Latin America and a alumna of the EGADE MBA, who ranked 50th; and Francisco Camacho (MBA’89), CEO of Grupo Lala and a alumnus of the EGADE MBA, who ranked 89th.
A Ranking Based on the Influence of Business Leaders
Unlike other studies based on perception surveys, the Thought Leaders 100 Mexico 2026 Ranking ispresented as the first ranking of its kind in the market to be based entirely on Big Data.
Horse Consulting analyzes millions of data points from publicly available sources to measure thevisibility, positioning and ability of executives—and their organizations—to influence relevantconversations across the business landscape.
“At a time when everyone communicates, publishes content and seeks a moment in the spotlight, measuring influence through data is becoming increasingly important,” Horse Consulting stated whenannouncing the results.
The inclusion of seven EGADE alumni in this edition of the Thought Leaders 100 Mexico Rankingunderscores the role that alumni of EGADE Business School play in senior leadership positions, fromwhich they help shape the business conversation and drive the evolution of leading organizationsacross sectors such as food and beverages, technology, mobility, logistics and consumer goods.
