Jorge Vergara is a Mexican businessman and film producer. He's the president of Omnilife, who owns football (soccer) clubs: Club Deportivo Guadalajara of Mexico, Deportivo Saprissa of Costa Rica and C.D. Chivas USA of Major League Soccer, and Chivas Hefei. He also produces international movies like "Y tu mama tambien" through Producciones Anhelo.
Born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Vergara once sold tacos on Mexican streets. Back in the 1980s Vergara s...
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Jorge Vergara is a Mexican businessman and film producer. He's the president of Omnilife, who owns football (soccer) clubs: Club Deportivo Guadalajara of Mexico, Deportivo Saprissa of Costa Rica and C.D. Chivas USA of Major League Soccer, and Chivas Hefei. He also produces international movies like "Y tu mama tambien" through Producciones Anhelo.
Born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Vergara once sold tacos on Mexican streets. Back in the 1980s Vergara sold condominiums and timeshares in Manzanillo, Mexico, where he met and began working with John Peterson.
When Peterson became a Herbalife salesperson, he recruited Vergara and together they began selling Herbalife products in Mexico. Since Herbalife had not received Mexican government approval to sell their products, Peterson and Vergara had to smuggle the products into the country. After six months of smuggling the products into Mexico, Herbalife took notice and began the process of getting government approval. Vergara was asked to help get...
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