He graduated from the Tecnológico de Monterrey with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. He holds a master’s degree in Business Administration from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
He has more than 30 years’ experience in the hotel industry, acquiring, developing, and raising capital to finance real estate projects in that sector. By the same token, he has developed and operated select service hotels in Mexico. In 2013, he co-founded Fibra Inn.
He has been president of COPARMEX Nuevo León and a member of its national Executive Committee, as well as vice-president of CANACO Monterrey. He has also presided over the governing boards of the Instituto Superior de Estudios para la Familia (Higher Institute for Family Studies) and the Instituto Mano Amiga of Santa Catarina.