Hispanic Owned Business Orange County

The number of Latino-owned businesses in Orange County has doubled since 1992 and grew almost as rapidly across Southern California, according to a study to be released Monday by the Latin Business Assn. and UCLA's Center for the Study of Latino Health. The number of such businesses jumped in Orange County from 19,270 in 1992 to 40,483 this year. "It's called the American dream," said Cuban-born Rene Moya, who started Moya's Bakery in Santa Ana 10 years ago.

Alex Uribe has overcome grinding poverty, the INS and cutthroat competition to become a millionaire entrepreneur. Uribe owns Alex Moving & Storage in Santa Ana, the largest independent truck fleet for North American Van Lines Inc. in California and the eighth-biggest in the country. But like most entrepreneurs--and particularly Latinos--Uribe, 43, has made no real succession plans. That flaw in Uribe's operation almost brought down his company.

Alex Uribe has overcome grinding poverty, the INS and cutthroat competition to become a millionaire entrepreneur. Uribe owns Alex Moving & Storage in Santa Ana, the largest independent truck fleet for North American Van Lines Inc. in California and the eighth-biggest in the country. But like most entrepreneurs--and particularly Latinos--Uribe, 43, has made no real succession plans. That flaw in Uribe's operation almost brought down his company.

The number of Latino-owned businesses in Orange County has doubled since 1992 and grew almost as rapidly across Southern California, according to a study to be released Monday by the Latin Business Assn. and UCLA's Center for the Study of Latino Health. The number of such businesses jumped in Orange County from 19,270 in 1992 to 40,483 this year. "It's called the American dream," said Cuban-born Rene Moya, who started Moya's Bakery in Santa Ana 10 years ago.