Portada Television Program

Relaxed in his plush Santa Monica office, Angel Martinez matter-of-factly tells his interviewer how designing a woman's aerobics sneaker transformed him into a multimillionaire and Reebok International into the nation's leading tennis shoemaker. "I was never told I couldn't do something," said Martinez, Reebok's 34-year-old corporate vice president of new-business development who left Cuba and parents behind at an early age. "With talent and work, one can succeed."

Relaxed in his plush Santa Monica office, Angel Martinez matter-of-factly tells his interviewer how designing a woman's aerobics sneaker transformed him into a multimillionaire and Reebok International into the nation's leading tennis shoemaker. "I was never told I couldn't do something," said Martinez, Reebok's 34-year-old corporate vice president of new-business development who left Cuba and parents behind at an early age. "With talent and work, one can succeed."