[2] Peña is Mexican American and was raised in East Los Angeles, California.

[5] His father, who was from New Mexico, was one of the first Mexican American detectives in the Los Angeles Police Department and later worked in a secret CIA unit where he oversaw an investigation into the death of Robert F.

[6] He went on to become president of Great Western Resources, Inc., a Houston-based oil company listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1984.

[7][8] In 1984, Peña bought Guthrie Castle in Angus, Scotland, where he lives and from which he has operated several businesses.

[9][10] In 2017, the castle and estate manager employed by Peña at Guthrie Castle was found to have committed fraud by double or triple booking wedding facilities and paying the higher charges into their own account.