▷ Biography of Arturo Elías Ayub ◁ Age, height, wife, children, Shark Tank

Who is Arturo Elias Ayub?

Arturo Elías Ayub is a famous Mexican businessman who achieved fame on television after being part of the Shark Tank México program. Arturo Elías Ayub was born on April 27, 1966 in Mexico City and is currently a director of América Móvil, General Director of the TELMEX Telcel Foundation, director of Uno TV and a shareholder of the Credicorp Perú group.

Biography of Arturo Elias Ayub

Beginnings in the life of Arturo Elías Ayub

The now famous businessman Arturo Elías Ayub was born in Mexico on April 27, 1966, being the younger brother of Alfredo Elías Ayub, he always knew that he wanted to dedicate himself to something that had to do with the economy due to the history of his family, which is why When the time came to decide what he would study, he opted for a degree in Business Administration at the Anahuac University and later studied a postgraduate degree in Senior Business Management at IPADE to reaffirm his knowledge.

Currently, in addition to being a successful businessman and businessman, Arturo Elías Ayub became a star of Mexican television and entertainment without having thought or imagined it after having participated in the successful series Shark Tank Mexico , but although many people only You know him from that show, Arturo Elías Ayub has really excelled in the business world.

Trajectory and history of Arturo Elías Ayub

After finishing his professional studies, Arturo Elías Ayub joined TELMEX where he was serving as General Director in 1996. Later, his great knowledge and his good performance in the economic world led him to be elected President of the Board of Trustees of the National University Club that many they will know more like the “Pumas” of Mexico; During his management he managed to have two two-time championships during the 2004 closing and 2004 opening tournaments, but although he did quite well, he did not want to continue in the sports world and did not want to be reelected.

Later, more projects and positions would arrive that placed him as one of the great Mexican businessmen and one of the most important in all of Latin America, becoming  Arturo Elías Ayub a member of the Board of Directors of Grupo Carso, Grupo Financiero Inbursa, América Móvil and Telmex, was also General Director of Fundación TELMEX Telcel and President of the Telmex Sports Institute.

In June 2016, one of the most successful programs on pay television began and despite the arrival of new technologies, it managed to establish itself as a show with very good audience levels, Shark Tank: Negociando con tiburones , which had its first season completely recorded in Mexico.

In the Shark Tank program , different entrepreneurs appear before a panel of investors or sharks (as they are called) with the intention of selling them their idea for which they need a little economic investment to make their projects gain strength and succeed in their business but first they have to negotiate with the sharks because sometimes they ask for something in exchange for investing their capital. Although initially Shark Tank Mexico was only broadcast on the Sony channel, in 2019 it began to be broadcast on open television thanks to the Image channel.

Throughout the different seasons of Shark Tank Mexico , the panel has been made up of different ” sharks ” such as Rodrigo Herrera Aspra , Carlos Bremer , Arturo Elías Ayub who have been part of the project since the first season, but some others such as Patricia Armendáriz , Marcus Dantus and Luis Harvey have been on different seasons and not always coming back for another one.

Every success brings great detractors and recently the acclaimed magazine Proceso made a report in which it exposed a possible fraud on Shark Tank Mexico , considering it a program full of lies, since they assured that several of the “winners” after finishing the recording of his chapter were waiting for the economic resources and the promised contacts; while defaulting tycoons enhanced their image to make themselves known as true philanthropists.

In addition, the same magazine managed to contact many of the participants who in the program had managed to gain the acceptance of the famous “sharks” and get their supposed financial support, but after the program they did not hear from them again or they were long-suffering and finally the entrepreneurs they got tired of waiting and gave up waiting for the promised support. On the other hand, according to an investigation by the producer of a podcast in the United States, Tj Hale, indicated that up to two-thirds of Shark Tank winners never receive the resources promised to them before the cameras.

Arturo Elías Ayub currently continues to hold many important positions in Mexico as General Director of Uno TV, which is considered one of the most important news portals in the Aztec country, he is also General Director of the Claro Sports channel and Marca Claro, the leading sports portal in Latin America. In the middle of 2020 Arturo Elías Ayub was appointed director of the industrial and food conglomerate Grupo KUO.

At the end of 2020, Arturo Elías Ayub began to gain relevance in Mexican popular culture when one of his photos and phrases became a meme. Arturo Elías Ayub became famous for the phrase “I’m out” used to reject any proposal outright. or idea and that began to be used a lot in different social networks, especially on Facebook and Twitter.

After the pandemic that hit the whole world and especially Mexico, the famous businessman Arturo Elías Ayub commented that he felt that the future of the Mexican economy was in the hands of the youngest, since they would have the responsibility of getting Mexico out of the lag. economic in which it remained after the coronavirus; “After everything that has happened in 2020, you now have a great responsibility as a generation to raise and shape the new world, you are living a historic moment, it is in your hands to build the Mexico that we deserve and it is an enormous challenge “, commented at the time.

Arturo Elías Ayub is currently considered one of the most charismatic businessmen in Mexico and also one of the most active on social networks where he usually posts photos with great personalities and world-class stars.

Wife and family of Arturo Elías Ayub

Elías Ayub , after having a beautiful love story, married Johanna Slim Domit, daughter of magnate Carlos Slim Helú. The beautiful couple had three children , the firstborn was named Arturo, as dictated by family tradition; His second daughter was named Johanna and the youngest was baptized with the name of Alejandro, but his father calls him “Chilaquil” affectionately.

Honesty, family and love for Mexico are the three pillars that govern the life of Arturo Elías Ayub , who is considered one of the men closest to Carlos Slim. And although transmitting these qualities to three children is not an easy task, he commented in a recent interview that he has the support of the best life partner to comply with that amendment, his wife Johanna Slim Domit. “For me, the most important thing is to pass on those values ​​to my children. I think I’m on the right track, but that will show with time. My wife shares those values ​​from birth, and I think that for us great success in life It would be to be able to share those values ​​with our children”.

How much is the fortune of Arturo Elías Ayub?

This is one of the questions that people ask the most about Arturo Elías Ayub and although they always end up answering it on other pages with “I don’t know” or “it depends” if there are some estimates that various web portals mention. However, it is not possible to make an exact calculation about the fortune of this great star that is Arturo Elías Ayub within the middle of the show, even so, more than being interested in the fortune of a person, the important thing is the talent he has and that I have fact that he is among the great figures of the international show business.

Without a doubt, the career of this great star Arturo Elías Ayub will continue to rise and we will be attentive to everything that happens around him, so we invite you to stay on our page for the next updates that we will have in life, career , history and biography of Arturo Elías Ayub.