Gustavo Carlos Zerbino Stajano (born May 16, 1953) is a Uruguayan businessman, motivational speaker, sports executive and former rugby union player.

[4] Raised in the Carrasco neighborhood, he attended Stella Maris College and played for its alumni rugby union team, Old Christians.

[6] On October 13, at the age of 19, he was a passenger on Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 that crashed in the Andes and was one of those who survived 72 days in the mountains.

[13] In addition, as a sports executive and administrator, in December 2007 he was elected president of the Uruguayan Rugby Union,[14] and in 2009 was re-elected for a second two-year term.

[16] Zerbino was married for thirteen years to Paqui Paysée, with whom he had four children, Gustavo, Sebastián, Lucas, and Martín, the latter was a member of the band Toco Para Vos.