Jorge Jraissati

Jorge Jraissati is the President of the Economic Inclusion Group, a global think tank developing financial policies to accelerate economic growth, protect political freedom and strengthen national security. EIG has operations in multiple continents, with Venezuela’s economic reconstruction as its primary focus.

Jorge’s policy recommendations have been reflected in policy reforms related to financial inclusion, economic security, Venezuela’s political transition, and mechanisms to include young people in policymaking decisions. These reforms were achieved through cooperation with lawmakers from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), the European Parliament and Organization for Security and Cooperation of Europe (OSCE), and the European Parliament. Jorge’s work has also influenced policy deliberations at international institutions such as the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). He has also been invited to speak in the U.S. Congress, European Parliament and U.S. State Department, among other institutions.

Jorge has been invited to speak at major international forums, including the U.S. Government-led Summit for Democracy in South Korea, the Copenhagen Democracy Summit and at various side events of the World Economic Forum in Davos. He has also given talks at dozens of universities, including Harvard, MIT and Cambridge, where he has lectured about Venezuela’s economic reconstruction, the rise of global autocratic networks and the effect of misguided financial regulations on economic growth and national security. Jorge frequently publishes analytical pieces at media outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, Foreign Policy and National Review. 

Jorge is a visiting fellow at the Foundation for Economic Education. He was previously a research fellow at IESE Business School, Florida Atlantic University’s College of Business, and the Bitcoin Policy Institute, where he published peer-reviewed papers, white papers and case studies on Venezuela’s economic collapse, the global state of financial inclusion and the effect compliance rules have on investment rates in energy and defense, among others. His analyses have been cited in research from Oxford University, University of Michigan and RAND Corporation.

Jorge’s education includes bachelor’s honors degrees in economics and business from Florida Atlantic University’s Wilkes Honors College, where his senior thesis received the college’s Faculty Award for Outstanding Thesis and later expanded into a peer-reviewed paper published in Economic Affairs. He also holds executive certificates from Harvard Business School (2023) and IESE Business School, and completed the Hoover Institution’s Summer Policy Boot Camp at Stanford University. Jorge is currently completing a Master of Liberal Arts (ALM) in Finance at Harvard University’s Division of Continuing Education.