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Amancio
Ortega
high school drop out ... shuns neckties ... 5,000
stores in 77 countries
|
Isak
Andic & family
enthusiastic sailor ... his family came to Spain from
Turkey ... known for producing reasonably priced, trendy
women's apparel ... has more than 2,060 stores in 104
countries |
Juan
Roig
Mercadona is the largest chain of supermarkets in Spain
with 1,356 stores |
Rosalia
Mera
dropped out of school at 11 to work as a seamstress ...
ex-wife of Amancio
Ortega ... 5,000
stores in 77 countries |
Daniel
Mate
a
Glencore lifer, joined Glencore (Switzerland) in 1988 |
Manuel
Jove
carpenter by trade ... collects art from Spanish province
of Galicia |
Alicia
Koplowitz
rumored to be romantically involved
with the Duque de Huescar, heir to the Spanish aristocratic
house of Alba ... sister of Esther Koplowitz |
Juan
Abello
a
onetime pharmacist ... has a valuable art collection including
works by Edgar Degas, Toulouse-Lautrec, Salvador Dali
and Van Gogh ... enthusiastic hunter, enjoys bullfights
and soccer |
Esther
Koplowitz
Spanish nobility, holds the title of Marquesa de Casa
Penalver. She is married to Fernando Falco, Marques de
Cubas, scion of an old Spanish family |
Florentino
Perez
president of Real Madrid soccer club from 2000 to 2006.
Resigned in February 2006 after string of defeats. Re-elected
president in 2009 |
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Jose
Maria Aristrain
press shy, reportedly never goes out in public without
a bodyguard to safeguard him and his family from kidnapping
and assassination attempts by Basque separatists ... raises
bulls for bullfighting |
Emilio
Botin
Botin's great-grandfather discovered the famous Altamira
caves in northern Spain in 1879 |