Mexico Biographies Samples For Students

Introduction

Dona Marina, also called Malintzin, or La Malinche (1496-1529) was an American Indian originating from the Nahua (Aztec) ancestry. Malinche played a very important role during the conquest of Mexico by the Spanish. She was believed to be a princess of the Aztec language (Nahuatl) speaking tribe and was sold as a slave in her youth to the coastal traders because of the family politics.

Malinche’s father, who was a rich and powerful Aztek chief, died when Malinche was still a young child and therefore, her mother got married for the second time and gave birth to a son with her new husband. In ...

Lazaro Cardenas was born in a village called Jiquiplan in 1985. He was forced to support his family following the death of his father when he was 16 years old. Although he dropped out of school when he was only 11 years old, he educated himself by reading extensively especially on historical works. By the time he was 18, he had worked as a jail keeper, a printer’s devil and a tax collector [ CITATION Och00 \l 1033 ].
Cárdenas joined politics during the Mexican Revolution and in 1928 he was elected governor of Michoacán. In 1932 he was selected to ...

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The quest for understanding is perhaps most apparent when it comes to the assessment of entrepreneurs and the effects of their workings in the world of business. Entrepreneurship is a practical activity that is acquired either through entrepreneurship genes or through learning/acquiring specific behavioral traits that can enable individuals to become active in entrepreneurship (Strategic Direction, 2011). One of the most influential persons in the world of entrepreneurship is Carlos Slim Helu, who owns varied properties ranging from telecommunications, retail, manufacturing, banking, and insurance. According to Forbes Business Magazine, Carlos Slim Helu is the richest man in the world with a ...

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The journey to being enterprising is not easy. It involves a lot of effort from the entrepreneur (Justin). This report focuses on two entrepreneurs in the same industry. It investigates their background of each of the entrepreneurs so as to be able to determine the success factors in their life. Besides, it gives a comparison and a contrast of these entrepreneurs and above all the obstacles that they had to overcome before achieving their success.

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Willard Marriott

John Willard Marriott the founder of the Marriott Corporation was an entrepreneur in the hospitality industry. He is an American born who was raised like a ...