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 Soccer
park joins list on entrepreneur's resume
By
JENALIA MORENO Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle
Nov. 6, 2008, 11:16PM
He’s run an
air-conditioning and heating company, a construction
firm and now Job David Pedraza has a soccer park to
add to his list of accomplishments.
On Thursday, the Mexican immigrant was named
businessman of the year by the Cámara de Empresarios
Latinos de Houston at the organization’s annual gala
at the downtown Petroleum Club.Other entrepreneurs
recognized by the organization that caters to
immigrant Spanish-speaking entrepreneurs included
Patricia Lessa, of the Patricia Lessa Modeling Agency,
who was named businesswoman of the year. |
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Julio Cortez Chronicle
Businessman of the Year: Job David Pedraza, who
started three companies as well as the Parque Maya
soccer park, was honored by the Cámara de Empresarios
Latinos de Houston. |
Christopher Gilbert Rivera,
formerly of MillerCoors, was named executive of the year;
Cristina Sanchez of U.S. Art Plastics got young
businesswoman of the year; and Andrés Puello of DPA
International received the lifetime achievement award.
Complete with five soccer fields and a replica of Mexico’s
Chichen Itza pyramid, Pedraza’s park, which opened in June,
covers 25 acres.
The Mexican immigrant has not stopped since moving to
America in the early 1990s.
In 1996, after attending Houston Community College and
learning English, he started Pedraza Air Conditioning &
Heating.
Hoping to differentiate his business from others in the
same industry, he focused on working with nonprofit groups
that serve the city’s disabled, elderly and low-income
residents.
Then, his Pedraza Construction Co. began working with the
city to build affordable housing.
"It gives me pleasure for Hispanics to have their own
homes," he said. "We wanted to be part of the system and
try to help and not just work here in the United States."
jenalia.moreno@chron.com
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