PROFILE
FELIPE ACOSTA WAS BORN IN JANUARY 4 , 1948 , IN MEXICALI , BAJA CALIFORNIA . HE HAD NO SIBLINGS AND WAS ABANDONED BY HIS FATHER WHEN HE WAS 6 YEARS OLD . HE STUDIED AT COLEGIO BILINGUE CALMECAC IN MEXICALI AND WENT TO SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL TO CONTINUE HIS STUDIES AND WENT LIVE TO CALEXICO WITH HIS GRANDPARENTS . HE HAD TO QUIT HIS STUDIES IN ORDER TO START WORKING AT HIS GRANDPARENTS BUSINESS AND TO HELP THEM PAY THE BILLS . HE WORKED SINCE HIS 18 YEARS AND STARTED TO GET KNOWLEDGE ABOUT BUSINESSES SINCE HE WAS VERY INTO IT SINCE A YOUNG AGE , THAT ’ S WHEN HE KNEW HE WANTED TO STUDY SOMETHING RELATED TO THAT . HE GOT MARRIED WITH MARIA LUISA MARTIN DEL CAMPO AT THE AGE OF 28 AND THEY HAD 3 CHILD TOGETHER . THEY GOT DIVORCED 11 YEARS AFTER THAT . WITHOUT HAVING ANY STUDIES HE STARTED HIS OWN BUSINESS AT THE AGE OF 31 WITH HELP OF A FRIEND . WHEN HE TURNED 45 HE DECIDED HE WANTED TO STUDY A CAREER , AND SO HE DID . HE STUDIED INTERNATIONAL BUSINESSES AT AN OPEN UNIVERSITY IN GUADALAJARA , JALISCO . RIGHT AFTER HE FINISHED HIS STUDIES HE GOT ENGAGED WITH MARICELA HIRALES , WHO IS HIS ACTUAL WIFE . IN 2009 HE STARTED A NEW BUSINESS , SINCE THE FIRST ONE HE GAVE IT TO HIS OLDER DAUGHTER , CINTHYA . HE MOVED TO LOS ANGELES IN 2010 IN ORDER TO MOVE HIS COMPANY THERE TOO . HE ACTUALLY WORKS THERE AND LIVES IN LOS
ANGELES .
BY : CARLOS CISNEROS 20