Cantú, (BBA ’78) is a graduate of the University of Houston, where he studied finance. Almost four decades later, Cantú – among other monumental achievements – is the owner of Cantú Construction and Development Company of McAllen, a South Texas giant in that industry. From custom homes to sophisticated hospitals and a university medical research center, to small and large private business facilities, even sports and entertainment complexes such as the privately-owned H-E-B Park and the City of Edinburg’s publicly-owned Bert Ogden Arena, Cantú has conceived and/or led many projects whose combined construction value approaches $1 billion, if not more.