Jorge Vergara

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Jorge Carlos Vergara Madrigal (born March 3, 1955 in Guadalajara , Jalisco , † November 15, 2019 in New York City ) was a Mexican entrepreneur .

Jorge Vergara founded Omnilife SA de CV in 1991, specializing in the sale of food supplements . The Guadalajara-based company now has offices in 18 countries. Jorge Vergara owns the soccer clubs Chivas Guadalajara in Mexico and CD Chivas USA in the Major League Soccer . From March 2003 to April 2011 he also owned the Costa Rican soccer club Deportivo Saprissa .

Life

Jorge Vergara first worked as a mechanic, then as a text translator and then as a car salesman until he became the deputy director of a small company called Casolar . When it went bankrupt in 1981 as part of the Mexican financial crisis, he tried his hand at taco sales. Then he opened an Italian restaurant.

However, because all of these businesses did not yield the expected income, he finally went to the USA , where he hired as a salesman for Herbalife ; a company that specializes in nutritional supplements. In 1991 he created his own company called Omnitrition de México , which is now known as Omnilife for a short time .

Under the Omnilife Group , a group of different companies has meanwhile been formed, which is dedicated to much more than just the sale of dietary supplements. The activities of the companies included in this group range from financial consultancy to biotechnological research and from the aircraft industry to the music and film business.

The entry into the football business

In November 2002, Vergara acquired the Club Deportivo Guadalajara, which at that time was in a financially troubled position and was therefore relatively cheap to have. Four months later he similarly acquired Deportivo Saprissa and in 2005 used the inclusion of new teams in Major League Soccer (MLS) to found Chivas USA as a US offshoot of Mexico-based Club Deportivo "Chivas" Guadalajara. In June 2007, Vergara also tried to gain a foothold in Spain and seriously tried to take over FC Málaga . After this project had failed, he traveled to the Chinese city ​​of Hefei to buy a club there that was named Chivas Hefei and played in the second division.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Jorge Vergara, former owner of Chivas USA, dies at 64" on prosoccerusa.com from November 15, 2019
  2. ↑ Transfermarkt: Saprissa changes hands ( memento of the original from February 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Article of April 15, 2011) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.transfermarkt.de
  3. ↑ El Economista: Jorge Vergara vende club Saprissa (Spanish; article from April 15, 2011)
  4. ↑ La biografía de Jorge Vergara Madrigal (Spanish; accessed July 31, 2013)
  5. ↑ CNN Expansión: La mujer que puso orden (Spanish; accessed July 31, 2013)
  6. ↑ OMNILIFE: La primera piedra ( Memento of the original dated August 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish; accessed July 31, 2013) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.omnilife.com
  7. ↑ ESPN Deportes: Sí va por el Málaga (Spanish; article from June 20, 2007)
  8. ↑ ESPN FC: Mexico's Chivas to set up team in China? (English; article from September 8, 2007)
  9. ↑ CNN Expansión: Jorge Vergara, el empresario polémico (Spanish; article from February 16, 2010)
personal data
SURNAME Vergara, Jorge
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vergara Madrigal, Jorge Carlos
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mexican entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH March 3, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Guadalajara (Mexico)
DATE OF DEATH 15th November 2019
Place of death New York City