About
Ana Victoria García is a Mexican entrepreneur who turned her passion for women‑led business into Victoria147, one of Latin America’s first accelerators created for and by women. Born in Mexico City on 20 December 1984 and now based in New York, she also became the first woman on the investors’ panel of Shark Tank México, bringing a fresh perspective to the show’s hard‑nosed negotiations.
Before Fame
Growing up in a family that valued curiosity over conformity, Ana Victoria chose marketing at Universidad Anáhuac and later earned an MBA from the same institution. While still a student she wrote for trade magazines, but the game‑changer came in 2006 when Endeavor México hired her as its regional director. Guiding high‑growth founders there sharpened her eye for scalable ideas and showed her how mentorship can accelerate success—lessons she would pour into Victoria147, the academy‑accelerator she launched in 2012.
Trivia
- Author & podcaster: Her book Ellas collects 22 stories of women who bootstrapped their dreams, and her weekly podcast “Más cabrona que bonita” tackles money, mindset and motherhood in plain Spanish.
- Media firsts: At 32 she sat in the “shark” chair beside seasoned magnates—a milestone for Mexican TV as well as for gender representation in venture investing.
- Global recognition: Forbes twice listed her among Mexico’s 100 Most Powerful Women, while Expansión named her a “30 Under 30” promise, and Fortune/US State Department chose her for its Global Women’s Mentoring Partnership.
- Lifestyle detail: Despite a hectic travel schedule, she swears by early‑morning journaling and runs in Central Park to clear her head before back‑to‑back pitch meetings. (She often shares sunrise snapshots on Instagram Stories.)
Family Life
Away from the cameras Ana Victoria keeps things intimate. She and her husband, tech executive Juan Carlos Leuchter, relocated to New York shortly before the birth of their first child, and she speaks candidly about the juggle between funding startups and midnight feedings. She speaks frankly in interviews and social media about the realities of postpartum life, insisting that “quality trumps quantity” where time with children is concerned, and giving thanks to a close‑knit group of girlfriends for late‑night voice‑notes that helped keep her anchored during those first few months.
Associated With
Ana Victoria’s work has her crossing paths with some of the region’s most influential business figures:
- On Shark Tank México she invests alongside Arturo Elías Ayub, Carlos Bremer, Marcus Dantus, Rodrigo Herrera Aspra and the late Jorge Vergara, often championing founders overlooked by traditional VCs.
- Through Victoria147 she collaborates with multinational partners committed to the U.N.’s 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, linking alumni to suppliers from Mexico City to Bogotá.
- As a speaker she has shared stages at MIT, Harvard and WOBI events, swapping ideas with global leaders on how inclusive economies drive growth.
