Horacio de la Vega (born 3 June 1975) is a mexican modern pentathlete. He competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Summer Olympics. Since November 2019 he is president of the Mexican Baseball League. Education In 1994 he studied International Business at Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM). Where he was offered an academic and sport scholarship. Years later, he enrolled into the MA in Sports Management at Claude Bernard University in Lyon, France. Recently gratuated, in 2006 he began his MBA at University of Texas in Austin, USA. Career history Once he completed his MBA, De la Vega was the Commercial Director and Secretary of the Government Board for the Pan/ Parapan American Games in Guadalajara. Which implied the management of about 2,000 people including staff, volunteers and service providers. In that time, he was in charge mainly of the private income for many events: commercial partners, sponsors, TV rights and media, ticketing, license products, retail stores, e-commerce, hospitality and F&B concessions. He also developed and implemented the marketing strategy of the games. De la Vega held that position until May 2012. After that, for six years in a row (2012-2018), De la Vega occupied the General Direction position at INDEPORTE in Mexico City. Broadly, in charge of managing the overall sports policy, aimed to improve the quality of life and wellbeing of its inhabitants. Particularly, he developed a wide strategy to promote and further sports through 4 main axes, in coordination with public and private sectors: Social Sports: In collaboration with his team, he activated 4 million people per year through the implementation of 28 sports programs that promoted physical activation. High Performance Sports: In this axis, he managed high performance training and competition venues, having 60% of the Mexican Olympic Teams training in Mexico City. Furthermore, the affiliation of Sport Associations was increased by him under law abiding regulations, enabling transparency and best practices of conventional and adapted sports. Sporting Events: In which he attracted, negotiated, hosted and organized more than 35 international sporting events per year, that add up to the 450 sport events in the City, in collaboration with the most important international sport organizations and leagues generating an economic impact of 250 million USD per year, positioning Mexico City as a global Sports Capital. Some of the most representatives events were: a) Formula 1 Mexico Grand Prix, returning after 23