Starting up a business may seem burdensome, an almost impossible task, but there are individuals that demonstrate to us that the only limit is set in our minds. One of them is Simon Atri.
At a young age he showed his leadership skills, creating high impact projects in order to benefit his community. At only 17 years old he began to work in his family restaurant as a dishwasher, then promoted as a waiter and after 3 years he took office as the general manager of the place. Under his direction, the restaurant won several prizes and recognitions such as La Excelencia prize 3 years in a row, the TOP 20 restaurants for 2 years in a row and the restaurant of the year given by CARNIRAC Association (in Spanish Camara de la Industria Restaurantera y Alimentos Condimentados).
His next project, at the age of 22, was called La Taberna de Leon, and at the same time he opened the bar called Primer Piso, with a brand-new concept at that time, where people could eat and enjoy a good time with their friends. The following year, Simon started up a new restaurant with a fusion food concept, located in the heart of Mexico City and some months later he opened a place and was a boom for new artists and it became the most exclusive bar of the city.
In early 2000s he founded Banquetes Atri, nowadays one of the lead-companies of the event industry in Mexico by exclusively franchise the food and beverages area of the Maguen David Jewish Center, one of the biggest Jewish community centers in Latin America, with more than 500 events organized per year and a variety of services from Coffee Breaks to big events. In 2010, Simon undertook a new project, CORBEX and built up a corporate dining room in Samara, a big corporation, CORBEX at the beginning provided nourishing food to the workers, 1500 meals per day and then they expanded to other 40 multinationals, providing 25000 meals per day, at the end, the company was sold to a multinational in 2014.
Simon has also forayed in other industries, in 2012 Simon joined in an ambitious project, the construction of the Grand Hotel in Mexico City, a project he was part of for 2 years but due to differences with his business partners, he decided to abandon the project. In 2016, whereas he was giving his consulting services for a company in Miami, he resolved to move there and in 2019 he created his event company One Event Place, becoming the top-of-mind event company in Florida simultaneously he joined Endor Group, one the most important Marketing agencies in Latin America which with Simon’s help and leadership skills is now crossing over into the US with a very promising clientele. Also, he decided to create his brand of Tequila, his most recently project that will revolutionize the US market.
In the breakout of the COVID19 pandemic, Simon had a big moment in his life after reevaluating his goals and way of life and he realized that it was the suitable moment to help others and it was the beginning of his mentoring and consulting service, with his methodology PUM PA’RRIBA, a method which focuses right on the individual and includes relevant themes, in order to help them changing their mindsets, such as time management, , discipline, a proper balance, how to establish their goals.
Surely a man that decided to change the world, not only by creating lead-companies, but helping thousands to discover their mission in life, what do they want and also training the future high impact leaders, the amazing legacy of Simon Atri.
