He was born in Linares, Nuevo León, and earned a bachelor's degree with honors in economics from the Autonomous University of Nuevo León and a master's and a doctorate in economics from the University of Wisconsin in the United States.
He was born in Linares, Nuevo León, and earned a bachelor's degree with honors in economics from the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León. He earned his master's and doctorate in economics at the University of Wisconsin in the United States.