Roberto gonzalez barrera biography of martin

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal family name is González and the second or maternal family name is Barrera.

Roberto González Barrera (September 1, 1930 – 25 August 2012) was a Mexican businessman.

He was the chairman of Gruma, the largest producer of tortillas and corn flour in the world, and of Banorte, the largest Mexican-owned private bank in Mexico. Because of his prominent role in the expansion of Gruma, he was often nicknamed "El Maseco" or "Don Maseco" (a reference to one of Gruma's subsidiaries, Grupo Industrial Maseca), as well as the "King of Tortillas".

Personal life

Barrera was born in Cerralvo, Nuevo León.

Roberto gonzalez barrera biography of martin

At the age of five, before starting school, he was selling eggs, bread, vegetables and other foodstuff in his native town of Cerralvo. "I was very happy," wrote Gonzalez Barrera in an institutional profile. "My childhood was very happy but I did not miss school.

When I had free time I went to the streets to