Juan Manuel Ley, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Juan Manuel Ley

Mexican businessman

Date of Birth: 17-Feb-1933

Date of Death: 22-Jan-2016

Profession: businessperson

Nationality: Mexico

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Juan Manuel Ley

  • Juan Manuel Ley LĂłpez (February 17, 1933 – January 22, 2016) was a Mexican businessman, and the Casa Ley chairman.
  • He also was president of the baseball teams Saraperos de Saltillo in the Mexican Summer League and Tomateros de Culiacán in the Mexican Winter League.In 1910, Ley's father, Lee Fong, left Guangdong province, China by boat.
  • When he arrived in Sinaloa city, he "Mexicanized" his name to Juan Ley Fong instead.
  • Ley himself was born and raised in Mexico.
  • The eldest of eight brothers and sisters, Juan Manuel was the CEO of Culiacán Sinaloa Mexico's Based Grupo Ley until his death, which comprises several companies going from Casa Ley SA de CV, one of Mexico's largest retail supermarkets (co-owned by California-based Safeway Inc.), Apparel Stores, Baseball Teams in both Mexican Leagues (Saraperos de Saltillo and Tomateros de Culiacán), Automobile Dealerships, and Del Campo y Asociados, one of the largest producers of fresh tomatoes for export into the United States. He was born February 17, 1933 in Tayoltita, Durango, Mexico and died January 22, 2016 at 82 years old in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico.
  • He was elected to the Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006.

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