How Alex Mendieta Got Rich

At just 24, Alejandro Mendieta (Alex) won the most prestigious award of a businessman's life, i.e., entrepreneur of the year award. 10 years later, now we revisit this young gem's journey of ups, downs, and where he is today.

Ups and downs in business life

Alex has experienced tough times in his life, coming at just 16 to Australia with no support, no money, and not knowing absolutely anyone his struggle days and hard work paid off.

We are all well known about those kids that grow up with the silver spoon in their mouths, end up becoming lost without any desire to or too afraid to take any risks in life.

Struggle sweeten the victory

This applies to everyone who has opted for the business world. Nowadays, everyone bears the wrong impression; all seen is the victory, but not the struggle. This is not the real scenario. Just thinking about making it to the top is all glamour; fast cars, private jets, and hot models are not all about the story. After following the trend of entrepreneurs for more than 15 years from all spheres of life, the number 1 trade noticed is the determination to succeed. That determination keeps them going in tough times, and you have to experience plenty of rough times on your journey to success.

How got rich?

When Alex was asked in an interview with Men’s Healthy life leading style, his reply differed from the norm. He quoted, “if becoming rich was easy, everyone would be rich.” He added to his point of view, “I don’t think getting rich its easy at all, and by that, I’d like to stress the point that just because you know someone that made some money and lost it and never got back up again, they do not classify as rich! That was merely a lucky accident. A rich person has a mindset and a set of skills that the poor simply don’t possess, and because of that, they can survive and thrive any ups and downs life throws at us”.

Present status of Alex Mendieta

It’s clear these 10 years have brought huge changes to his life, he’s gone from all work, and no fun is left to having the top flamboyant lifestyle grudged by most. A recent interview by OK titled Alex tells how some years ago, he decided that there was no point making all this wealth if one was not enjoying life. In his opinion, “Some years back… and it hit me like a slap on the face, I was very rich, but I found myself unhappy. I had spent all of my short life just working! And completely neglected to enjoy life. So I went back to the drawing board and figured out I could not just work hard but also play hard. So I rearranged my work times where now I can work 70 hours weeks and still party my ass off and do tons of fun, enjoyable things.”

Only the future will showcase what controversial news the flamboyant Colombian will have in his basket for all young entrepreneurs.