Growing up in one the most respected families of Mexican entrepreneurs, how do you think your upbringing was different? We recently chatted with Memo to hear about his new partnership with Straight Line Hiring but also about his family’s history of business in Mexico and how it has shaped him into the businessman he is today. Most recently, the young entrepreneur made a deal with Jordan Belfort, better known as “The Wolf of Wall Street” to collaborate together by bringing Belfort’s “Straight Line Hiring” program to Latin America. Today, with his hand in various economies such as law, finance, construction, e-commerce, retail and even philanthropy, Salinas continues to carry the reputation of his family’s name.
After completely revolutionizing the retail economy in Mexico in the 1950’s with their conglomerate business called Grupo Elektra, the Salinas family set out to make a difference in industries far and wide across Mexico and Latin America. With a family whose entrepreneurial history dates back to 1906, Guillermo “Memo” Salinas continues to make a name for his family and himself nearly 115 years later.