Rafael del Pino

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Rafael del Pino Moreno (born November 10, 1920 in Madrid ; † June 14, 2008 there ) was a Spanish building contractor. He was nicknamed "Rey del Ladrillo" (German king of the brick ) and at the time of his death was considered the second richest man in Spain after Amancio Ortega . His and his family's net worth was estimated at $ 5 billion by Forbes Magazine .

Del Pino had a doctorate in road, canal and port engineering and began his career in 1947 at Vías y Construcciones , which he left as director in 1952 to start his own company Ferrovial . Ferrovial initially supplied Renfe with railway sleepers imported from Germany in the Spanish post-war period . When the subways of Madrid and Barcelona were expanded in the 1960s , Ferrovial was also involved. At the same time, the company expanded its business field to include road construction and participation in the major dam projects of the Franco era . After taking over various companies in the mid-1990s, Ferrovial is now the second largest construction company in Spain and has more than 23,000 employees. To him belong u. a. toll roads in Chicago, Ireland, Portugal and Chile as well as numerous inner-city parking lots. The company operated the airports in Bristol , Belfast , Sydney (20.9% stake) and Antofagasta (Chile) before 2006 . With the takeover of the British Airports Authority in early June 2006, the largest British airports ( Heathrow , Gatwick , Stansted ) were added.

Rafael del Pino handed over the post of CEO of his company to his son Rafael del Pino Calvo-Sotelo in 2000 . The del Pino family owns 58% of the company. Since his retirement from the company, Del Pino has mainly devoted himself to sailing on his ocean-going, very comfortable boat Alcor . He was married to Ana María Calvo-Sotelo, the sister of the former Prime Minister, Minister for Public Works and President of the Spanish Railways Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo , and had five children.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b BAA agrees to Ferrovial takeover , BBC News June 5, 2006.

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SURNAME Pino, Rafael del
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pino Moreno, Rafael del
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish building contractor
DATE OF BIRTH November 10, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Madrid
DATE OF DEATH June 14, 2008
Place of death Madrid