His father, Daniel Chávez Morán, is the founder of Grupo Vidanta.
[5][2] In 2007, Chávez earned a Bachelor of Science in Economics with a double major in real estate development and entrepreneurship from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business.
Since joining Grupo Vidanta, Chávez has led the development of Joyà organised in collaboration with Cirque du Soleil and VidantaWorld.
[7] Chávez and his wife Allison Young started Sweet Paris, a crepe chain in Texas.
[8] In 2018, Chávez was selected for President’s Leadership Council of the Inter-American Dialogue, and the Wilson Center´s Latin American Program advisory board, both a U.S.-based think tanks in the field of international affairs.