The Galeón to Mexico City to meet with heads of relevant institutions to lobby for support for the project to build a galleon museum. Talks with the National Archives of Mexico, Colegio de Mexico, National Autonomous University of Mexico and Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí to discuss on a research collaboration with Philippine universities and academics. Mexican firms Grupo Carso of Carlos Slim Helú, FEMSA, and Cemex as well as Guerrero State government stated that they will back the galleon museum project. The plans to build a galleon museum were supported by Mexican politicians and figures such Margarita Zavala, First Lady
Ricardo Salinas Pliego Ricardo Salinas Pliego Ricardo Benjamín Salinas Pliego (born 19 October 1955) is a Mexican businessman, the founder and chairman of Grupo Salinas, a group of companies with interests in telecommunications, media, financial services, and retail stores. He is the fourth richest person in Mexico and 168th richest person in the world with an estimated net worth of US $8 billion in March 2015. Ricardo Benjamín Salinas Pliego was born on 19 October 1955 in Mexico City, Mexico. Ricardo Salinas Pliego is a CPA graduate of the ITESM. After earning his MBA at Tulane University, he joined Elektra in 1981 as