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“Nobody will do for you what
you don’t do for yourself.”
Mario Gadsden
One of his main goals was to diversify
his business interests. His family comes
from the real estate world so Mario decided
to venture in the tourism sector, where
after encountering a clash of cultures in the
destination he went on to find the formula that community.
would bring him success, the development of
Club La Costa, a 400-condominium complex
located in the heart of San José del Cabo and
later a thriving commercial plaza that opened
earlier this year, Plaza del Pescador. In 1996, he place on President’s Day.
acquired an important piece of land together
with a group of investors from Houston and
built The Villas at La Montaña, a collection
of sprawling homes within the community
of Villas del Mar, the premier luxury resort
This year, together with a group of local
entrepreneurs and the municipal government,
Mario launched The San José Jazz Festival, an
admission-free event that promotes music,
gastronomy, and art in addition to raising
funds for a local non-profit. The festival takes
Mario was also involved in politics for ten years,
but he left to make way for new generations. I
wanted to ask a successful man what success
means to him: “Giving and never expecting
anything in return; to be disciplined, and the
greatest gift of life is credibility. You have to
know where you’re going and be very clear
about it; to be hungry and be able to apply the
values you learned in your parent’s home so as
not to lose your way. We are life’s spectators,
and as long as you are a spectator, it means you
are enjoying life.”
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