Manuel Rojas

Manuel Rojas is a Colombian businessman, and currently the co-founder and CFO for El Còrdoba-León Internacional Corporación.

He met Mr. CW in the early 2000's while working for an export company in Tarantilla. The two created El Còrdoba-León around 2005, and he has since remained the secondhand man within the company.

Career
Rojas was born in El Cóndor, Colombia. He worked at a young age for his uncle's gold mining company, Buenos Oro Co. At nineteen, he moved to Tarantilla, to work more closely with the exporting of his uncle's goods to North and Central America.

In 2001, he met Mr. CW, who had recently joined the company as a consultant. The two quickly bonded, and soon began talks of a self-created business. In 2005, the two moved to Botellín to launch El Còrdoba-León, a distributing company originally intended for the South American hardware market. The company grew quickly, expanding to Central and North America, and eventually Europe and Africa.

He was appointed to CFO in 2008, when the company became global after a successful shipment contract to Liberia. In 2014, he contracted the companies largest deal to date, a 150,000 ton shipment of goods to Varcellona, Spain. The deal brought the company millions, solidifying them as one of the top transport companies in the Western Hemisphere.

Personal Life
Manuel Rojas lives in Botellín with his wife, Blanca, and his three children, Vigo, Eduardo and Soledad. His eldest son, Vigo, recently joined El Còrdoba-León as an apprentice.

Along with his wife, he is a hot sauce maker, and started a company, El Fuego Adentro, in 2013.