Guillermo Perales
Owner of Sun Holdings, LLC
Hispanic Business Leader
Since moving to the United States, Guillermo Perales has redefined what it means to be a leader in business. As founder of Sun Holdings since 1997, Guillermo Perales has spearheaded astounding growth in the restaurant business, causing his company to be noted as one of the fastest growing and highest ranked companies in the US. Guillermo Perales’s leadership has shined through. Guillermo Perales has been featured in four occasions in Latino Leaders Magazine’s 101 List as one of the most influential Latinos in the United States. He was also acknowledged by the Dallas Hispanic Chamber of Commerce as the 20th largest U.S. Company on the Hispanic Business 500 rankings; he owns the third fastest-growing Hispanic-owned enterprise, ranking #21 in 2013.
Restaurant Entrepreneur
Hispanic Business Man of the Year Award winner Guillermo Perales has thrived as a restaurant entrepreneur. As the franchisee of over 370 family-style, fast food, and ethnic restaurants, Guillermo Perales’s company, Sun Holdings, is the largest Hispanic minority employer in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Guillermo Perales gives back to the community, providing over 50,000 meals each year to armed services veterans each Veteran’s Day. Guillermo Perales was recently acknowledged by his peers in the International Hispanic Franchisee Association, and has been recognized by Ernst and Young in 2008.
Celebrates Over 15 Years since First Franchise Over twenty-five years ago, in 1997, the CEO of Sun Holdings, LLC purchased his first franchise restaurant with a meager $100,000 Small Business Loan. From those humble beginnings, Guillermo Perales has proven that the entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well in the US. He was trained as a CPA, but graduated with an MBA from Texas A&M University after immigrating to the US, took expertise in restaurant operations and combined it with his leadership and expertise in franchise finance and created one of the largest franchise holdings companies in the US. In fact, Guillermo Perales’s Sun Holdings is one of the fastest growing Hispanic-owned companies in the US, and is also the 29th largest Hispanic company in the nation.
Contact Guillermo Perales
Address: 7750 N. MacArthur Blvd. #120-221 Irving TX USA 75063
Phone Number: 972-620-2287