Daniel Chavez Moran

Daniel Chavez Moran
Born	November 16th, 1951
Occupation	Philanthropist, Real estate developer Founder of Grupo Vidanta Founder of Delia Moran Vidanta Foundation Founder of Vidanta Foundation
Years active	1974-present
Website	http://www.danielchavezmoran.com/

Daniel Chavez Moran (born 1951) is a Mexican real estate developer and the founder of Grupo Vidanta, a real estate consortium which operates over 30 hotels in Latin America. He is also the founder of the Delia Moran Vidanta Foundation and the Vidanta Foundation, two non-profit philanthropic organizations. In 2014, CNN named him one of the top 100 most important businessmen in Mexico. He is also a member of the Citizen Security Advisory Council of the United Nations Development Program. He is living in Mexico.

Chavez Moran graduated from the University of Guadalajara, with a degree in civil engineering in 1971. In 1974, he founded the real estate company, Grupo Vidanta, a company which would go on to develop hotels, resorts, and golf courses.

Grupo Vidanta operates over 30 hotels and several golf courses. Moran and Grupo Vidanta were also responsible for the funding for the Mar de Cortés International Airport which opened in 2009 in La Jolla de Cortés, near Puerto Peñasco in the state of Sonora.

Moran and Grupo Vidanta also brought a Cirque du Soleil dinner show, titled Joya, to the Grand Mayan resort in Riviera Maya.

In April 2016, Daniel Chavez Moran announced that Grupo Vidanta will be investing nearly $150 million and partnering with Hakkasan Group. In addition, Grupo Vidanta will be opening a theme park in Nuevo Vallarta with Cirque du Soleil in 2018.

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