[1] Alemán Velasco holds a bachelor's degree in Law from the National Autonomous University of Mexico.

His father's holdings in the large Mexican television network Televisa led to Alemán Velasco's importance in that media company.

[2] On 9 August 2004, Alemán was honored by the Government of Panama with the Great Cross of Vasco Nuñez de Balboa.

[citation needed] In April 2020, the Tax Administration Service (SAT) seized the property of the Miguel Alemán Valdés Foundation in Polanco, Mexico City.

When Alemán Velasco sold his stakes at Televisa, his son acquired them and was the owner of Interjet, the now defunct, low-fares airline.