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