Robert C. Merton
1997 Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences | Distinguished Professor of Finance, MIT Sloan | Co-Creator, Black-Scholes-Merton Model
Alejandra Rios
Executive President, Grupo Ambrosía | Investor, Shark Tank México | Founder, Meraki Ventures | One Young World Entrepreneur of the Year 2022 | Harvard MBA
Alejandra Ríos is one of Mexico's most dynamic business leaders: Executive President of Grupo Ambrosía, a leading culinary experiences and events company, investor on Shark Tank México, and founder of Meraki Ventures. A Harvard MBA graduate and One Young World Entrepreneur of the Year 2022, she speaks on entrepreneurship, inclusive leadership, investment, and what it takes to build a values-driven company in a competitive market.
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Alejandra Rios biography
Alejandra Ríos Spínola is one of Mexico’s most recognized business leaders, combining the operational authority of running one of the country’s largest culinary and events companies with the investor instincts she has sharpened in front of millions of viewers on Shark Tank México. Born into a family with deep roots in Mexico City’s restaurant industry, she deliberately chose to build her own path first, earning a B.A. in Financial Management from the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey and an MBA from Harvard Business School before returning to take the helm at the family business.
As a entrepreneurship speaker, Ríos is Executive President of Grupo Ambrosía, a Mexico City company that is a leader in culinary experiences, corporate catering, and event production. She joined as Director of Ambrosía Corporativo in 2017, became CEO in 2019, and has since driven the company’s modernization and growth through the pandemic, a complete operational overhaul, and a sustained expansion of its market position. In 2024 she transitioned to the role of Executive President, continuing to guide strategic direction while developing the next generation of leaders inside the organization.
Since 2021, Ríos has been one of the investors on Shark Tank México, where she is recognized as the youngest shark in the show’s history and one of its most visible advocates for diversity and inclusion in the startup ecosystem. Her investment philosophy centers on backing entrepreneurs with genuine commercial potential whose businesses create positive social or environmental impact alongside financial returns. Beyond the show, she is the founder of Meraki Ventures, her personal investment vehicle, and has made angel investments in companies including Básicos de México and The Positive Foods.
One Young World, Advocacy, and a Platform for Inclusive Leadership
In 2022, Ríos was named one of five winners of the One Young World Entrepreneur of the Year Award, selected by an international panel of judges for her positive social impact and her influence as a leader inspiring others. The award placed her on a global stage alongside entrepreneurs from the US, Colombia, and the UK, and was presented at the One Young World Summit in Manchester. She is an openly LGBTQ+ business leader and uses her public platform to advocate for equality, representation, and authenticity in leadership, making her one of the most visible advocates for diversity in Latin American business.
As a speaker, Alejandra Ríos brings a perspective that combines Harvard-trained financial rigor with lived experience building and investing in businesses in one of Latin America’s most competitive markets. Her keynotes are direct, practical, and grounded in the decisions she makes every day as an operator and investor. Contact Aurum Speakers Bureau to book Alejandra Ríos for your next event.
Alejandra Rios Speaking Videos
Alejandra Ríos - Be the CEO of your life
Alejandra Ríos - About working on what you want and how to sell your ideas
Alejandra Rios Keynote Topics
Ríos grew up surrounded by a successful family business and chose to leave it deliberately, earning her own credentials and building her own track record before returning to lead the company. In this keynote she examines the specific decisions and mindsets that allowed her to build credibility independently, navigate the transition back into a family enterprise without losing the identity she had constructed outside it, and lead a major organizational transformation in a company with deep institutional history. Her story resonates particularly with audiences navigating succession, entrepreneurial independence, or the tension between personal ambition and inherited expectation.
As a shark on Shark Tank México and founder of Meraki Ventures, Ríos has evaluated hundreds of pitches and made investment decisions under pressure in front of a national audience. In this keynote she shares the framework she uses to assess entrepreneurial potential, the questions she asks that most investors overlook, and the specific signals she looks for in a founder that go beyond the business plan. She also examines the mistakes she has made as an investor and what they taught her, and gives audiences a practical model for thinking about risk, return, and the human dimension of backing an idea with real money.
Ríos is one of the most visible advocates for diversity, equity, and inclusion in Latin American business, speaking from direct experience as an openly LGBTQ+ leader in an environment where that visibility carries real risk and real responsibility. In this keynote she moves beyond the conventional diversity conversation to examine the specific organizational practices that make inclusion operational rather than decorative: how to build hiring processes that surface talent from overlooked pools, how to create cultures where people with different identities and perspectives feel genuinely empowered to contribute, and how the data increasingly shows that the most inclusive teams produce better decisions and better outcomes.
Ríos has led Grupo Ambrosía through a period of significant transformation, modernizing its operations, expanding its market position, and reorienting the company around a set of values that connect commercial performance to social and environmental impact. In this keynote she examines what it actually looks like to build a purpose-driven business in a competitive market: how to make values part of the operational architecture rather than a marketing claim, how to maintain strategic clarity through periods of organizational change, and how the companies that will lead the next decade of the Mexican economy are distinguishing themselves not just by what they do but by how and why they do it.
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FAQs on Booking Alejandra Rios
Why Alejandra Rios?
Booking Alejandra Ríos means giving your audience one of the most credible and commercially grounded voices in Latin American entrepreneurship and leadership. She is not a commentator on business. She runs one of Mexico's largest culinary companies, makes investment decisions on one of the country's most watched television programs, and has built a personal brand as an advocate for inclusion that resonates across sectors and generations. Her keynotes are built on real decisions and real experience, and she speaks with the directness and authority of someone who has earned her position entirely on her own terms. Contact Aurum Speakers Bureau to check availability and fees.
What is Grupo Ambrosía?
Grupo Ambrosía is a Mexico City-based company and leader in the creation of culinary experiences, corporate catering, and event production in Mexico. Founded as a family business, it has grown under Alejandra Ríos's leadership into one of the country's largest and most recognized operators in its category, serving corporate clients, high-profile social events, and large-scale gatherings. Under Ríos, the company underwent a significant operational modernization, strengthened its market position through the disruption of the pandemic, and expanded its services and brand presence. Ríos joined as Director of Ambrosía Corporativo in 2017, became CEO in 2019, and transitioned to Executive President in 2024.
What is Meraki Ventures?
Meraki Ventures is Alejandra Ríos's personal investment vehicle, through which she makes angel investments in early-stage companies whose business models combine commercial potential with positive social or environmental impact. Her portfolio includes Básicos de México, a sustainable fashion company, and The Positive Foods, a healthy snacks brand. The fund reflects her investment philosophy that the most durable companies are those that align financial returns with the values of their founders and their communities, an approach she also brings to her role as a shark on Shark Tank México.
What topics does entrepreneurship speaker Alejandra Ríos cover?
Alejandra Ríos speaks on entrepreneurship and building businesses with purpose, investment strategy and evaluating entrepreneurial opportunity, inclusive leadership and diversity as a competitive advantage, family business and succession, and the transformation of traditional companies in competitive markets. She is equally effective at entrepreneurship summits, corporate leadership events, women in business forums, and investor conferences. She presents in Spanish and is particularly sought after for audiences across Mexico, Latin America, and the Spanish-speaking US. Aurum Speakers Bureau can advise on the right topic for your event and provide full details on Alejandra Ríos's speaking fees and availability.
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