José Antonio Gil Yepes[1] is a Venezuelan sociologist president of the polling firm Datanálisis between 1989 and 2011.
[3] After graduating in sociology from the Central University of Venezuela, Gil Yepes obtained a PhD in sociology and public administration from Northwestern University[when?]
[citation needed] Gil Yepes has been a director of a variety of companies, including Banco de Venezuela (when it was owned by Grupo Santander) and Chocolates El Rey.
[citation needed] He was a member of COPRE (the presidential commission on state reform) from 1985 to 1994.
[4] Between 1989 and 2011, he was president of Caracas-based polling firm Datanálisis.