Angélica Fuentes


Angélica Fuentes Téllez is a Mexican business executive and was shareholder of Grupo Omnilife-Angelissima-Chivas, a multinational corporation based in Mexico composed of nutrition supplements company Omnilife, beauty and cosmetics brand Angelíssima, and the Mexican soccer team, C.D. Guadalajara, more commonly known as Chivas. She founded Angelíssima in 2010, followed by the Angélica Fuentes Foundation in 2014, dedicated to promoting women's empowerment and achievement of gender equality in Latin America. She has consistently ranked among Forbes Mexico's Most Powerful Women, ranking 5th on the list of Forbes Mexico's Most Powerful Women in 2014. Angélica Fuentes sums up her philosophy on women's empowerment as follows: “Work within yourself, exceed your limits, elevate your goals, and surpass yourself.”

Early life

Fuentes is the daughter of Elma Téllez and Valentín Fuentes Varela, a successful businessman in the energy sector. Angélica is the second of six siblings.
She acknowledges her father as being one of her earliest inspirations for her interest in a business career. She began her professional career working in the family business when she was 11, after convincing her father to let her work at one of his company's gas stations. While working at the gas station, she experienced discrimination for being a woman in a male-dominated industry, motivating her to work harder and generate awareness of women’s rights and causes.
Angélica attended the University of Texas at El Paso, graduating with a bachelor's degree in finance.

Previous positions

Prior to this role, Fuentes served as chairman of the board of Grupo Imperial Corporativo, an important player in the domestic and international energy market, where she worked for 29 years and is still a member of the board.
While General Director of Grupo Imperial Corporativo, she also served as President of the Mexican Natural Gas Association from 1996 to 2000 and as a member of the Natural Gas Council and the American Gas Association. She is currently a board member of the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Advanced Studies at Juarez, as well as that of the Mexican-United States Chamber of Commerce, the Chihuahuan Business Foundation and BBVA Bancomer.

Philanthropy

Fuentes is actively engaged in charitable activity work and community involvement through the Smithsonian Foundation and the Chihuahua Project. Ms. Fuentes is a founding member of Americas Business Council Foundation. She was the co-chairwoman of the ABC's 2010 Courage Forum, where she interviewed Sir Richard Branson, CEO of the Virgin Group.

Awards

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