Great people: the key of a successful businessAustin Ramirez, Chief Executive Officer, Husco What experiences in your personal upbringing influenced your entrepreneur spirit?AR: My father (Gus) is a Puerto Rican immigrant who raised me with a deeply held belief in the American dream and an entrepreneurial grit that is so common among immigrants to this country. […]
Aug Prep Announces Bold New Plans for K-12 North Campus$100 million total investment will transform former Cardinal Stritch campus Milwaukee (February 27, 2024) – St. Augustine Preparatory Academy (“Aug Prep”), a high-performing K4-12 Christian school, announced today bold new plans to invest a total of $100 million to transform the former Cardinal Stritch University property into […]
Last updated on November 13th, 2023 at 02:06 pmGus Ramirez and the Ramirez Family Foundation made big news in 2023, buying the former campus of Cardinal Stritch University in Glendale and Fox Point for $24 million not long after the school shut down at the end of the spring semester. The chairman of Waukesha-based manufacturer.. […]
Feigin, Ramirez talk need for focus on education, growing labor force as key for the next 40 years in southeastern Wisconsin Education, community infrastructure, economic development and the willingness to get involved are the key challenges and opportunities facing southeastern Wisconsin over the next 40 years. Full MKE Business Journal Article here.
Gus Ramirez, founder and chairman of Husco International Inc., spoke at the Milwaukee Business Journal’s Nov. 16 Power Breakfast event about plans for the St. Augustine Preparatory Academy’s planned new campus on the former Cardinal Stritch University site. Full MKE Business Journal Article here.
It was almost exactly six years ago when Gus Ramirez gave me a tour of the new St. Augustine Prep school building on Milwaukee’s south side. It was the day before the first school day ever for Aug Prep, as it is often called. Well-designed classrooms, ample space, a huge swimming pool with an accompanying […]
Following are some great videos of the work that the Ramirez Family Foundation is doing: The Ramirez Family Foundation has been working with World Missions Today for many years. Here is a look into our work across Central America and Puerto Rico featuring some of the schools that we have partnered with.
MILWAUKEE, July 26, 2023 — The Ramirez Family Foundation (the Foundation) announced today that it has acquired the Cardinal Stritch University campus in an agreement valued at $24 million. The campus’s excellent location, spacious facilities and rich educational and spiritual heritage closely align with the vision and mission of the Ramirez Family Foundation. While specific […]
K4-12 private choice school adding new $49 million school building. One of Milwaukee’s biggest and highest-performing schools is about to become substantially larger. As featured in Urban Milwaukee St. Augustine Preparatory Academy will open its new, $49 million elementary school building this fall, making the relatively new K4-12 school the largest single-campus school in the city. The private […]
More than 700 people gathered to provide critical support for the school’s continued growth, including the launch of a new elementary school and performing arts center opening in August. Full press release here. Milwaukee, May 5, 2023 – St. Augustine Preparatory Academy (Aug Prep), a high-performing K4-12 non- denominational Christian school on Milwaukee’s southside, announced […]