Ricardo Salinas Pliego

Active Investor

Chairman at Grupo Salinas

Mexico City, Mexico City

Ricardo Salinas Pliego, Chairman at Grupo Salinas is an active investor based in Mexico City, Mexico City. This profile covers what Ricardo Salinas Pliego backs, at which stage, and how founders can reach out in 2026.

Mr. Ricardo Salinas Pliego is the Founder and serves as President & Chairman at Grupo Salinas. Mr. Salinas Pliego is an Angel Investor. Mr. Salinas Pliego runs the number two Mexican TV broadcaster, TV Azteca, and retailer Grupo Elektra. He is a CPA graduate of the ITESM. After earning his MBA at Tulane University, he joined Elektra in 1981 as import manager. He learned the business moves when the company was in dire financial straits at the continuing devaluation of 80. Between 1981 and 1986, he experimented with other businesses such as a restaurant in Monterrey, satellite dishes and the sale of systems multi communication. He has participated and addressed The World Economic Forum, The Economist Roundtable on Mexico, the Young Presidents' Organization, UCLA, the Institute of the Americas, Harvard Business School and TED, where he discussed issues related to globalization, education, entrepreneurship, freedom and opportunity in the BOP. He also has a blog where he publishes his business, political, economic and cultural ideas and regularly writes in Newsweek in Spanish, La Opinion, the Huffington Post and the Mexican press. A year ago, was the first Mexican to elect the Board of Trustees of the Aspen Institute.

Investor type: Angel
Stages: Early Stage Venture
Invests in: FintechLending & CreditConsumer & RetailConsumer Goods (CPG)E-commerce & D2CClimate & EnergyHardware & Deep TechMobility & Logistics
Location: Mexico City, Mexico City
Typical check: $500K
Past investments: 1

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