Ben Ramirez talks on business opportunities in and with the City of Austin, Texas and on business development between Austin and Brazil. Listen: PLAY or DOWNLOAD .
Ben Ramirez III
While employed in the public and private sectors over the past twenty years, Ben has assisted numerous international business expansion efforts within the NAFTA region and throughout the world.
During the last reporting period, the Austin metropolitan area was the 25th most active exporting region in the USA. The area’s 2009 GDP was USD 80.1 billion. Our main industry sectors are technology based: semiconductor, nanotechnology, renewable energy, data centers, wireless technologies and digital media. Austin,Texas is America’s 14th largest city. Austin is IT
Ben obtained his BA in Philosophy and Political Science from the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), and his JD from the University of Toledo (Ohio).
