Ricardo Díez Hochleitner (11 August 1928 – 1 April 2020) was a Spanish professor and economist.
He got a BS degree in chemistry (Universidad de Salamanca, Spain), post-graduate degree in chemical engineering (Technische Universität Karlsruhe, Germany) and MBA (Georgetown University, Washington D.C.).
He also held management positions at the World Bank, UNESCO, and the Organization of American States.
In 1972, Díez-Hochleitner received the Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts, awarded by the Spanish Ministry of Culture.
From 1993 to 1998, Díez-Hochleitner was member of the advisory board of the Bertelsmann Stiftung, where he pioneered the German-Spanish Forum.