I never received or requested help of any kind from my father because I wanted to prove to myself I could succeed on my own, and not because I was Luis A. Noboa´s son.

I have been the subject of envy, I have been attacked and persecuted for being the top entrepreneur in Ecuador and one of the leading businessman in Latin America.

I have also been attacked because of my concern for the poor. I am attacked by those who find my love for the poor and their love for me intolerable.

In 1996, I assumed presidency of the Ecuadorian Monetary Board. At that time the currency reserves totaled between 1,300 and 1,400 million, and I increased them to approximately 2,000 million dollars.

Today, even though we have a dollar-based economy, reserves total approximately 1.1 million dollars. Or, one could say, no one else has brought the monetary reserves to the level I was able to achieve.

I was also Founding President of the Real Estate Brokers Association, in honor of which they me lifelong Honorary President as well as because I was able to secure legislation in defense of real estate agents.

In April 1997, I acquired control of my father's companies by purchasing the shares of his widow, Mrs. Mercedes Santistevan.

I have companies the world over, including Japan, Europe, New Zealand, the United States, and Argentina.

I have a beautiful family, friends, and people who are very dear to me;