Germán Larrea Mota-Velasco (born July 8, 1941) is a Mexican billionaire businessman. He is the CEO of Grupo México, Mexico's largest mining corporation, and the third largest copper producer in the world.^[2]

Mota-Velasco has been chairman, president and CEO of Grupo Mexico since 1994.^[2] He was previously executive vice chairman of Grupo Mexico and has been a director since 1981.^[2]

He has served as chairman of the Southern Copper Corporation since December 1999, CEO from December 1999 to October 2004, and as a director since November 1999.^[2] He has been chairman and CEO of Grupo Ferroviario Mexicano since 1997.^[2] He has been chairman and CEO of Empresarios Industriales de Mexico, Compania Perforadora Mexico, Mexico Compania Constructora, and Fondo Inmobiliario since 1992.^[2]

He founded Grupo Impresa, a printing and publishing company in 1978, remaining as the chairman and CEO until 1989, when the company was sold.^[2] He is also a director of Banco Nacional de Mexico, which forms part of Grupo Financiero Banamex, Consejo Mexicano de Hombres de Negocios, and Grupo Televisa.^[2]

According to Forbes, he is worth US$17 billion, and the second richest man in Mexico, after Carlos Slim.^[1]

He is married, and lives in Mexico City.^[1]