Orlando Ochoa currently teaches at the Universidad Católica Andres Bello and is the director of a private consultancy, Economista Consultor. He graduated from the Universidad de Los Andes in economics. He later earned a master's in Latin American studies from the Universidad de Brasilia, a master's in public-sector studies from the University of Buckingham, and a PhD in economics from the University of Oxford. He was also a columnist for El Universal.