Editing Queen Máxima of the Netherlands (section)

==Early life and education==
[[File:1977 Máxima Zorreguieta.jpg|thumb|left|Máxima at age 6 in 1977]]

Máxima Zorreguieta<ref name="holland">{{cite web|url=https://www.holland.com/global/tourism/getting-around/information/the-royal-family/queen-maxima.htm|title=Queen Máxima|website=Holland.com|date=6 June 2012 |quote=Máxima Zorreguieta was born in Argentina on 17 May 1971.|access-date=25 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230825013611/https://www.holland.com/global/tourism/getting-around/information/the-royal-family/queen-maxima.htm|archive-date=25 August 2023|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="koninklijkhuis">{{cite web|url=https://www.royal-house.nl/members-royal-house/queen-maxima/youth|title=Queen Máxima — Youth|website=Het Koninklijk Huis|date=15 January 2015 |quote=Queen Máxima was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 17 May 1971 as Máxima Zorreguieta.|access-date=25 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230825014124/https://www.royal-house.nl/members-royal-house/queen-maxima/youth|archive-date=25 August 2023|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="parlement">{{cite web|url=https://www.parlement.com/id/vg09llxtpzty/koningin_maxima|title=H.M. koningin Máxima, prinses der Nederlanden, prinses van Oranje-Nassau|website=Parlement|access-date=12 September 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/ZK64r/again?url=https://www.parlement.com/id/vg09llxtpzty/koningin_maxima|archive-date=8 May 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="hetloo">{{cite web|url=https://paleishetloo.nl/en/maxima-zorreguieta|title=Máxima Zorreguieta|website=Paleis Het Loo|access-date=25 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230825014541/https://paleishetloo.nl/en/maxima-zorreguieta|archive-date=25 August 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> was born in [[Buenos Aires]], Argentina, on 17 May 1971. She is the daughter of [[Jorge Zorreguieta]] (1928–2017), who served as Secretary of Agriculture under General [[Jorge Rafael Videla]] during [[National Reorganization Process|Argentina's last civil-military dictatorship]] (1976–1983), and his second wife, {{ill|María del Carmen Cerruti|fy|María del Carmen Carricart}} (born 1944).<ref name="koninklijkhuis"/> She is named after her paternal great-grandmother Máxima Bonorino González (1874–1965), of [[Italian Argentines|Italian]] and [[Spanish Argentines|Spanish]] descent. Originally from the [[Basques|Basque]] country, her ancestor carrying the Zorreguieta surname, José Antonio Sorreguieta y Oyarzábal Gamboa y Sagastume, migrated to Argentina around the year 1790.<ref>{{Cite web |title=La sangre guipuzcoana de Máxima Zorreguieta |date=31 January 2013 |url=https://www.diariovasco.com/20130131/local/sangre-guipuzcoana-maxima-zorreguieta-201301300952.html}}</ref> Maxima's father was a scion of the [[Jorge Zorreguieta|Zorreguieta family]] who had been [[gentry|landed gentry]], professionals, regional politicians, and statesmen for generations. Her maternal great-grandfather was also from the landed gentry; Domingo Carricart Etchart (1885–1953) was a landowner, politician, Director of the ''[[Bank of the Province of Buenos Aires|Banco de la Provincia de Buenos Aires]]'', first [[mayor]] of [[Adolfo Gonzales Chaves, Buenos Aires|González Chaves]], and mayor of [[Tres Arroyos]].{{Citation needed|date=December 2021}} She also has [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]] ancestry through her father's side, and is a descendant of King [[Afonso III of Portugal]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.in/thelife/the-world-is-about-to-fall-in-love-with-the-netherlands-new-queen/slidelist/21143622.cms|title=The World Is About To Fall In Love With The Netherlands' New Queen|website=Business Insider|access-date=28 March 2023}}</ref>

She grew up in the [[Recoleta, Buenos Aires|Recoleta]] neighbourhood of Buenos Aires and studied at [[Northlands School]], a bilingual school of the city of Olivos. She graduated with a degree in economics from the [[Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina]] (UCA) in 1995. This private university is governed by a directory of local bishops, which included [[Pope Francis]], then [[Archbishop of Buenos Aires]] and Grand Chancellor of UCA. During her student years, Francis presided over [[Tridentine Mass|the traditional Mass]] at the beginning of classes. She later completed her studies with a [[master's degree]] in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|title=From Commoner to Queen - The Story of Máxima Zorreguieta|url=http://www.eurochannel.com/en/The-Story-of-Maxima-Zorreguieta.html|publisher=Euro Channel - The Best of Europe|quote="After moving to the United States to complete a master's degree"|access-date=10 November 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151009185620/http://www.eurochannel.com/en/The-Story-of-Maxima-Zorreguieta.html|archive-date=9 October 2015}}</ref>

From 1989 to 1990, while still in college, she worked for [[Mercado Abierto Electrónico]] S.A. From 1992 to 1995, she worked in the sales department of Boston Securities SA in Buenos Aires, where she conducted research on software for financial markets. From July 1996 to February 1998, she worked for [[HSBC]] James Capel Inc. in New York City, where she became vice president of institutional sales for [[Latin America]]. From then until July 1999, she was vice president of the emerging markets division of [[Dresdner Kleinwort]] Benson in New York. From May 2000 to March 2001, she worked for [[Deutsche Bank]] in [[Brussels]].<ref name=hkhuis>{{cite web|title=Studie en werk vóór 2002|url=http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/encyclopedie/wie-is-wie/prinses-maxima/studie-en-werk-voor-2002/|publisher=Het Koninklij Huis|access-date=28 January 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121029113123/http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/encyclopedie/wie-is-wie/prinses-maxima/studie-en-werk-voor-2002/|archive-date=29 October 2012}}</ref>