Hugo Salinas Price, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Hugo Salinas Price

Mexican businessman

Date of Birth: 19-Nov-1932

Place of Birth: Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania, United States

Profession: businessperson, philanthropist

Nationality: Mexico

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Hugo Salinas Price (born March 11, 1932) is a Mexican business magnate, investor, and philanthropist.
He is the founder of Mexico's Elektra retail chain.
The current head of Elektra is his son Ricardo Salinas Pliego.
Elektra began as a factory assembling electronic appliances for the Salinas Y Rochas chain, a national retailer of appliances.
Elektra then set up a direct sales operation offering appliances on installments.
Hugo Salinas Price currently is retired from retailing and focuses on being a proponent of a sound financial policy for Mexico.
Salinas Price is President, Mexican Civic Association Pro Silver, A.C.