Family and education He is the son of Francisco Javier de la Maza Lavandero and Patricia Chadwick Mery. He is the paternal grandson of Francisco Javier de la Maza Risopatrón and María Lavandero Eyzaguirre; and the maternal grandson of Roberto Chadwick Valdés and Adriana Mery Valdivia. His maternal grandfather was a brother of
Herman and
Tomás Chadwick Valdés. He completed his primary education at
The Grange School and his secondary education at
Saint George's. He later studied
civil construction at the
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (PUC), graduating in 1982. He is currently married to María José Martínez Roca and has eight children from three previous marriages.
Business activities In his youth he worked as an agricultural and livestock entrepreneur in the
Araucanía Region, In 1988 De la Maza, Joglar and Ugarte left INARCO to focus on real estate, and the following year created Constructora Santa Teresa, of which De la Maza owns 28.33%. After beginning his political career, he became a passive shareholder and was replaced by Hugo Valdés. He is also a director of the Empresa Education Foundation (since 1994) and of the San Francisco Javier School in
Huechuraba (since 1997), an educational institution of which he owns 17% through Inversiones Victoria. ==Political career==