A ntonio Del Valle Ruiz is a prominent Mexican industrialist and the patriarch of the Del Valle family, which controls a diversified business empire through its holding company, Kaluz. His entrepreneurial career began in the financial sector, where he founded the financial group Bital. He built it into a major bank before selling it to HSBC in 2002 for a substantial sum.

Following the sale of Bital, Del Valle Ruiz strategically pivoted into the industrial sector. He and his family acquired a controlling stake in the chemical company Mexichem and transformed it into a global powerhouse, which is now known as Orbia Advance Corporation. Orbia is a world leader in polymers, fluorine, and precision agriculture. Del Valle Ruiz has since passed on the day-to-day management of the family's businesses to his six children, who now run Kaluz, which also controls the construction materials company Elementia. His career is a remarkable story of successfully transitioning from finance to building a global industrial conglomerate.