Juan Francisco Beckmann Vidal (born February 1940) is a Mexican
billionaire
A billionaire is a person with a net worth of at least 1,000,000,000, one billion units of a given currency, usually of a major currency such as the United States dollar, euro, or pound sterling. It is a sub-category of the concept of the ultr ...
businessman, the owner of 70% of the
José Cuervo
Jose Cuervo is a Mexican brand of tequila manufactured by Proximo Spirits. As of 2012, it was the best-selling tequila brand in the world,Dana Cimilluca, Paul Sonne and Simon Zekaria“Diageo Ends Its Attempt to Buy Jose Cuervo Tequila,”''Wall ...
tequila brand.
Early life
Juan Beckmann Vidal was born in
Mexico City
Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and finan ...
, and grew up in Tijuana.
Career
In 1970, Beckmann Vidal took charge of the tequila maker
José Cuervo
Jose Cuervo is a Mexican brand of tequila manufactured by Proximo Spirits. As of 2012, it was the best-selling tequila brand in the world,Dana Cimilluca, Paul Sonne and Simon Zekaria“Diageo Ends Its Attempt to Buy Jose Cuervo Tequila,”''Wall ...
, which has been owned by his family for 11 generations.
In 2011, Beckmann Vidal was still president of José Cuervo.
Personal life
He is married to Maria de Jesus Dora Legorreta Santos, they have three children, and live in
Mexico City
Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and finan ...
.
Together with his son, through Fambech Luxco, a Luxembourg company, he owns three apartments on the 31st floor of New York's
Trump Tower
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.
In 2020 it was revealed by the
New York Times
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that the owner of 84B
438 Park Avenue, an anonymous member of the Beckmann family, had settled out of court with developers regarding a "catastrophic water flood" in 2016 that affected floors 83–86. The apartment was reportedly worth $84 million (USD).
His son
Juan Domingo Beckmann is the chief executive officer (CEO) of Jose Cuervo.
His daughter Karen Beckmann Legorreta serves on the board of parent company Becle.
References
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1940 births
Living people
Businesspeople from Mexico City
People from Tijuana
Mexican businesspeople
Mexican billionaires