Mauro is the Wurster Professor of Multinational Management and Sociology at the Wharton School. He received a PhD in sociology from Yale University and a Doctorate in Political Economy and Business Management from the University of Oviedo in his native Spain. He is the former Dean of Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge, and Professorial Fellow of Queens’ College, Cambridge.
He is a trustee of the Royal Foundation of Spain, known as the Fundación Princesa de Asturias, a member of the advisory board of the Escuela de Finanzas Aplicadas (Grupo Analistas), a board of trustee member of CUNEF Universidad.
He has won the Aspen Institute’s Faculty Pioneer Award. He is an Elected Fellow of the Sociological Research Association and of the Macro Organizational Behavior Society, a former Guggenheim and Fulbright Fellow and a Member in the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. In 2005 he won the IV Fundación Banco Herrero Prize, awarded annually to the best Spanish social scientist under the age of 40. He has delivered the Clarendon Lectures at Oxford University, the Otto Krause Memorial Lecture at the University of Johannesburg, and the Laurent Picard Distinguished Lecture at McGill University.
King Felipe VI of Spain has appointed him as a Knight of the Royal Order of Civil Merit.
He is the bestselling author of 2030: How Today’s Biggest Trends Will Collide and Reshape the Future of Everything. His latest book, The Perennials: The Megatrends Creating a Postgenerational Society was published in August 2023.
He teaches global trends, and their implications for business. He is also doing research on the consequences of AI for global trends.
He was a member of the University of Oviedo team that won the Spain National Basketball University Championship in 1987.
