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by: Alexis Head
Photo by: Fernando Castillo
MARIO GADSdEN
Over seventeen years ago I had the pleasure of meeting Mario His best friends are his brothers, and he has been in business for nearly
thirty years with his brother Gabriel. When I ask him how he has been
Gadsden who comes from a family of eleven siblings, and was born in able to achieve success while working with a sibling, he answers: “With
Mexico City. Mario radiates tranquility and equanimity; he is successful great respect and by believing in one another.” Mario oversees the real
in his business and in his family life. estate division of the family that includes a corporate design company in
Mexico City called Grupo Escato.
Talking to Mario is a veritable delight. He is passionate about life, and his How did Los Cabos enter into Mario’s life? His first visit was in 1978,
priority is his family. He has three children, all born in Baja California when he travelled with his family to Bahía Concepción. He remembers
Sur. When I ask him about his passions, he smiles and says, “Definitely the trip on the ferryboat that brought them from Puerto Vallarta to Cabo
life, my family, wine, sailing and golf; I love to go camping and I enjoy it San Lucas. In 1987, he moved to Los Cabos permanently to start a family
enormously, and I also love to travel.” with his wife Mónica. Coming from Mexico City, he aspired to living
with spectacular ocean views something he has definitely achieved.
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