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Juan de Lascurain-Gossler

Juan de Lascurain was born in Mexico City, he is the great grandson of Adolfo Laubner a famous Mexican sculptor. His grandfather Enrique Gossler founded Gossler y Asociados a famous accounting firm in Mexico. He is of Basque and Jewish origin. He grew up in Monterrey, Mexico and first went to the United States to finish high school and play tennis.

He attended Oral Roberts University in Oklahoma graduating with a degree in International business. His goal since he was a young person living in Mexico was to motivate and inspire people. During his second year in college a friend of his invited him to run on the track team. Within a year he was competing on the team and entering local competitions. After graduating college he accepted a job with a collections company called "Commercial Financial Services." A few months into his job the owner, "Bill Bartmann" decided to sponsor him full-time. Juan was able to travel around the world and compete in many international races; including the Hawaii Ironman World Championship.

In 2000 he moved to Los Angeles and started coaching tennis in Beverly Hills. He was very successful coaching tennis, most of his clients were involved in entertainment. After four years he met a gentleman who was starting a spanish non-profit network. He offered Juan 30 minutes of air-time weekly if he could produce a show geared towards inspiring young people. Without prior experience Juan became a host and producer. Within a year the show was broadcasting in 23 spanish speaking countries through the largest inspirational network in Spanish called "Enlace." Juan has covered some of the biggest entertainment, sporting and political events around the world interviewing the biggest celebrities. He is the founder of Vida Youth, a company that produces products to Motivate, Encourage and Inspire people. The products include television, film, books, art, events, and fashion.

He is also a designer and artist. A couple of years ago while doodling on a napkin a lady asked him if he was an artist. He had never painted before, after a brief conversation she encouraged him to start making his doodles bigger. His brand "de Lascurain" includes art, original one of a kind hand painted clothes and designs that are created on the i-phone.

One of his main quotes is "It doesn't matter where you come from, or how much money you have; if you have Faith, a Dream and you Work Hard, you can accomplish anything.

He is a relative of the famous Mexican driver Michel Jourdain Jr and Mayte and Isabel Lascurain who are part of the famous singing group "Pandora."

Juan currently resides in Los Angeles when he is not traveling for work.