Hector Mujica leads economic opportunity and inclusive technology efforts at Google.org—Google’s philanthropy—across the Americas. Within his role, he looks after a $100M+ investment portfolio that supports interventions which aim to provide pathways to digital economy jobs for individuals with multiple barriers to employment, as well as ensuring that emerging technologies like Artificial Intelligence benefit people across society equitably. Hector also serves on Google’s Latino Leadership Council, where he helps to steward Google’s social impact initiatives with the Latino community.
Hector has spent the last decade advancing social justice through philanthropy and public policy. Prior to Google, Hector’s experience ranged from investment banking at Oppenheimer Holdings, domestic policy at the Office of Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, and international development at the U.S. Department of State.
Hector holds a Bachelor of Arts in International Business from Florida International University, a Professional Certificate in Social Entrepreneurship from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and a Master of Public Affairs from the Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley. Outside of work, Hector has been recognized as a Young Global Leader through the World Economic Forum, a German Marshall Fellow, and serves on the Board of Directors of Hispanics in Philanthropy, the Hispanic Federation, and several advisory boards, including Aspen Institute’s Latinos and Society, WorkingNation and Inicio Ventures. Hector currently resides in South Florida.