Personal life ĭey's son Bryan Torresdey is a professional stand-up comedian and screenwriter. Alex Dey gives the opening monologue in Ingles Sin Barreras. In 1987, he arrived in Mexico City where he began training groups of 20-30 people eventually up to 120 By 1995, Day spoke to audiences of 1000 people or more. Dey started giving seminars to insurance companies in Mexico City. Career ĭey moved to Miami where he opened the Dey Research Institute whose purpose is to study Hispanic behavior. Īt the age of 26, Dey opened a chain of restaurants in Texas generating his first million dollars. He was adopted by an American family and worked as a shoe shiner. He grew up between the border of USA and Mexico until the age of 13. Early life ĭey was born José Alejandro Torresdey in Parral, Chihuahua, on June 26, 1958. In 2012, Dey received an honorary doctorate from the Instituto Americano Cultural in Mexico for his work. Dey began his motivational speaker career in 1985 at the age of 27 in Mexico City. ĭey writes and talks about subjects such as self-improvement, life coaching and sales techniques.
He is the author of eight books, including La Biblia Del Vendedor. Life coach, motivational speaker, sales adviser and published writerĪlejandro ' Alex' Dey (born June 26, 1958) is a Mexican American, life coach, motivational speaker, sales adviser and writer.