Gustavo M. de la Garza Ortega

He was born in Monterrey, Nuevo León, on July 7, 1937. He participated as founder and director of Independent Television of Mexico in 1960, breaking the television monopoly in Mexico. In the following years, he became the creator and developer of the mobile paging system he called Radio Beep. founder and chairman of the board of Radio Beep, the first paging company in Latin America, founded in 1965.

Founder and chairman of the board of Marcatel, the first company to emerge after the privatization of the telecommunications sector in Mexico, breaking the monopoly of telephony. It is the only fully globalized Latin American telecommunications company.

In addition, he has been an active supporter of LULAC, the largest Latino civil rights group in the United States, which works to improve opportunities for Hispanics. Founder and Chairman of the Board of the “Beca Jorge García Abaroa, AC” Foundation, and of Fundación Marcatel, non-profit organizations with the mission of contributing to technological, social and human development through programs and activities in health, sports, arts and education. Founder CEO of independent television broadcast network in Mexico. Founder and chairman of the board of directors of Radio Beep, Marcatel, the scholarship foundation “Beca Jorge García Abaroa AC” and Grupo Fibra, SA de CV, among other corporations