Juan Beckmann Vidal
{{Short description|Mexican businessman}}
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| birth_name = Juan Francisco Beckmann Vidal
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1940|02}}
| birth_place = Mexico City, Mexico
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| occupation = Businessman
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| known for = 70% owner, José Cuervo
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| spouse = Maria de Jesus Dora Legorreta Santos
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| children = 3, including Juan Domingo Beckmann
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Juan Francisco Beckmann Vidal (born February 1940){{cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/68iCGcJwyTW9BklWER3HyVW7xk4/appointments |title=Juan BECKMANN VIDAL - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House) |publisher=Beta.companieshouse.gov.uk |date= |access-date=2017-02-15}} is a Mexican billionaire businessman, the owner of 70% of the José Cuervo tequila brand.{{cite web|last=Quinn |first=James |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/9178083/Why-Diageo-wants-a-tequila-sunrise-down-Mexico-way.html |title=Why Diageo wants a tequila sunrise down Mexico way |publisher=Telegraph |date=2012-03-31 |access-date=2017-02-15}}{{cite news|last1=Schmidt|first1=Blake|title=Two Tequila Billionaires Who Won't Be Intimidated by Drug Lords|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-02-05/two-tequila-billionaires-who-won-t-be-intimidated-by-drug-lords|access-date=February 14, 2017|work=Bloomberg|date=February 5, 2016|quote=Beckmann Vidal, who owns 70 percent of the family business through Becle -- a merged company created in a recent corporate restructuring -- has a fortune valued at $2.4 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.}}
Early life
Juan Beckmann Vidal was born in Mexico City, and grew up in Tijuana.{{cite web|url=http://mexicoperspective.com/juan-beckmann-vidal-tequila-tourism.html |title=juan beckmann vidal tequila tourism - jose cuervo |publisher=Mexicoperspective.com |date= |access-date=2017-02-15}}
Career
In 1970, Beckmann Vidal took charge of the tequila maker José Cuervo, which has been owned by his family for 11 generations.{{cite web |title=Forbes profile: Juan Francisco Beckmann Vidal |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/juan-francisco-beckmann-vidal/ |website=Forbes |access-date=15 April 2019}}
Personal life
He is married to Maria de Jesus Dora Legorreta Santos, they have three children, and live in Mexico City.{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/doliaestevez/2017/08/29/tequila-tycoon-juan-beckmann-only-mexican-billionaire-known-to-own-condos-at-trump-tower/#60f04dd0313e|title=Tequila Tycoon Juan Beckmann, Only Mexican Billionaire Known To Own Condos At Trump Tower|first=Dolia|last=Estevez|date=|website=forbes.com|access-date=19 September 2018}} Together with his son, through Fambech Luxco, a Luxembourg company, he owns three apartments on the 31st floor of New York's Trump Tower. In 2020 it was revealed by the New York Times 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.{{cite web |last1=Chen |first1=Stefanos |title=The Downside to Life in a Supertall Tower: Leaks, Creaks, Breaks |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/03/realestate/luxury-high-rise-432-park.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=9 February 2021}} 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.{{Cite web |title=Karen Virginia Beckmann Legoretta |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/karen-virginia-beckmann-legoretta/ |access-date=2024-12-21 |website=Forbes |language=en}}
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Category:Businesspeople from Mexico City