Ryffel made an appointment, they talked, and they struck a deal. Goff-Moore lent money to HTVN and could become an equity holder in the venture. Must be something in the water down in Lake Jackson. Goff painted buildings, while Ryffel was known to sell tools on Fridays from a service station near Texas Christian University. Both showed a rather remarkable sense of timing, plunging into real estate at a time when failed land deals had helped bring down most of the state's biggest banks, and then profiting handsomely when the market recovered.
Friends say both are driven but make deals by finding common ground rather than brow- beating.
Now they're business partners. Camacho was named the network's CEO in February. Telemundo in competing for the attentions of the country's growing Hispanic population. Camacho previously worked at Telemundo. Hector Saldana, an HTVN board member, also is on the magazine's list.