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Economic Development 2025: SEGURA, JUAN PABLO
SECRETARY OF COMMERCE AND TRADE, COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, RICHMOND
Virginia Business //September 2, 2025//
Economic Development 2025: SEGURA, JUAN PABLO
SECRETARY OF COMMERCE AND TRADE, COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, RICHMOND
Virginia Business //September 2, 2025//
In March, reports circulated that Gov. Glenn Youngkin had tried to shift then-Commerce and Trade Secretary Caren Merrick to secretary of natural resources so that Segura, then Merrick’s deputy secretary, could have her post. Merrick left the administration instead.
The son of billionaire ENSE Group Chairman Enrique Segura, Juan Pablo Segura ran as the GOP candidate in a close 2023 state Senate race in Loudoun County, losing by about five points. State Republicans think he has big potential. In his new job, Segura oversees 13 agencies with 1,300 team members and a $3 billion budget.
Earlier in his career, Segura co-founded Babyscripts, a startup that produced an app to improve care for expectant mothers. The company was named a finalist for the 2019 EY Entrepreneur of the Year mid-Atlantic award.
A certified public accountant, Segura has an accounting degree from the University of Notre Dame.
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