BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : JULY 17, 2000 ISSUE
INTERNATIONAL -- LATIN AMERICAN COVER STORY Making of a President BORN July 2, 1942, in Mexico City to a Mexican rancher and his Spanish-born wife. EDUCATION Undergraduate business degree from Mexico's Iberoamerican University. Received executive diploma from Harvard Business School. CAREER Worked in Mexican division of Coca-Cola Co. from 1964 to 1979, rising from salesman to president for Mexico and Central America. Later ran family's boot-manufacturing and vegetable-exporting companies. A latecomer to politics, Fox landed a seat in the Chamber of Deputies in 1988. Ran unsuccessfully for governor of his home state of Guanajuato in 1991 in an election marred by fraud. Triumphed in a second bid in 1995. Began campaigning for President in 1997. PERSONAL Divorced, with four adopted children. DATA: BUSINESS WEEK _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _					RELATED ITEMS Mexican Revolution (int'l edition) LATIN AMERICAN COVER IMAGE: Mexican Revolution TABLE: Challenges ahead for President-Elect Fox TABLE: Making of a President The PRI May Tear Itself Apart (int'l edition) ONLINE ORIGINAL: Vicente Fox on the Transition, NAFTA, Corruption, Drugs, the Economy... INTERACT E-Mail to Business Week Online

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