Debtwire Shareholder Profile: Grupo Mega’s Romo family

Summary 

• Guillermo Romo Romero and his family control Mexican vehicle and equipment finance leasing company Operadora de Servicios Mega, SA de CV SOFOM ER (Mega). German development fund DEG owns a 22% stake in the company.
• The Romo family owned Casa Herradura, the maker of the El Jimador tequila, until selling it for USD 876m in 2006.
• Mega has been seeking new financing to fund its loan origination and planned repurchases of its 8.25% 2025 notes. In October 2023, an offer to exchange the 2025s for new 2028 notes failed to attract enough interest.