Alberto Baillères González (22 August 1931 – 2 February 2022) was a Mexican billionaire businessman.

In 1953 he received a bachelor's degree in economics from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM, a school founded by his father), in Mexico City.

[4] Baillères owned Grupo BAL, which controls a large number of other companies including Industrias Peñoles / Peñoles, the second most important Mexican mining company and the world's largest silver producer, El Palacio de Hierro, a chain of department stores mainly located in Mexico City, Grupo Nacional Provincial, the largest insurance company in Mexico, Grupo Profuturo, a pensions and annuities business.

[6] He was also a head member of the board of ITAM, one of Mexico's top higher education centers and thinktank, and owner of other businesses related with financial services, agriculture and bullfighting.

[7] In October 2012, Bloomberg listed Baillères as the 35th richest person in the world with an estimated net worth of US $19.3 billion.