Francisco Martin Borque (1917-1998) was a Mexican businessman. He was born in

Soria Soria () is a municipality and a Spanish city, located on the Douro river in the east of the autonomous community of Castile and León and capital of the province of Soria. Its population is 38,881 ( INE, 2017), 43.7% of the provincial populatio ...

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on August 9, 1917, and died on December 24, 1998, in Torreon,

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, their family arrived

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port on October 30, 1926, then moved to Torreon with their uncle Pascual Borque, in 1930's decade toured Chihuahua, Sinaloa and Sonora sierras. He married Ana María Bringas on February 15, 1949, and with his brother

Armando Martín Borque Armando Martín Borque was a Spanish entrepreneur. He was born in Soria, Spain on April 15, 1921. But soon thereafter, at the age of 5, he arrived to the Comarca Lagunera. Living in Torreon, he began working for his uncle Don Pascual Borque in the ...

, in 1968 opened their first hypermarket under the name of

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. In 1999, Fernando and Ana María would go on to found the Innovasport chain selling athletic shoes, activewear and sporting goods stores, and from there the Innvictus brand (focused more intensely on sneakers), with, combined, more than 100 branches across Mexico.

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20th-century Spanish businesspeople Spanish emigrants to Mexico Soriana 1917 births 1998 deaths 20th-century Mexican businesspeople {{mexico-business-bio-stub