Juan-Miguel Villar Mir
Juan Miguel Villar Mir | |
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.jpg) Villar Mir in 2013 | |
| Born | 30 September 1931 Madrid, Spain |
| Died | 6 July 2024 (aged 92) Madrid, Spain |
| Title | Chairman and CEO, Obrascón Huarte Lain |
| Board member of | Santander |
| Spouse | Married |
| Children | 3 |
Juan-Miguel Villar Mir, 1st Marquess of Villar Mir (30 September 1931 – 6 July 2024) was a Spanish billionaire businessman, politician, and the chairman and CEO of the construction company Obrascón Huarte Lain.[1]
Early life
[edit]Villar Mir was born in Madrid on 30 September 1931.[2][3] He earned a degree in industrial organisation, and a doctorate in civil engineering.[4]
Career
[edit]From December 1975 to July 1976, Villar Mir was the Minister of Economy and Finance. In 1976, he was Third Deputy Prime Minister of Spain for about six months, as a member of the Falange Española Tradicionalista y de las Juntas de Ofensiva Nacional Sindicalista party, under Prime Minister Carlos Arias Navarro.
Obrascón Huarte Lain fell into financial difficulties in the late 1980s, however, and was bought from bankruptcy for one penny in 1987 by Villar Mir,[5] who remained the company's chairman until his death. Villar Mir turned around the firm's fortunes, and it listed on the Bolsa de Madrid in 1991.
Villar Mir had been a non-executive director of Santander from 2013.[4]
Personal life and death
[edit]Villar Mir was married with three children and lived in Madrid, Spain.[1] He died in Madrid on 6 July 2024, at the age of 92.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "The World's Billionaires: Juan-Miguel Villar Mir". Forbes. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
- ^ "Bloomberg Billionaires Index - Juan-Miguel Villar Mir". Retrieved 1 May 2018 – via www.bloomberg.com.
- ^ "D. Juan Miguel Villar Mir" (in Spanish). Santander.com. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
- ^ a b "Mr Juan Miguel Villar Mir" (in Spanish). Santander.com. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
- ^ Tizón, Alvaro (7 February 1999). "El Empresario que Surgió de la Crisis". El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 February 2009.
- ^ Fernández Magariño, Javier (6 July 2024). "Muere Juan Miguel Villar Mir, exvicepresidente del Gobierno y decano de los constructores, a los 92 años". El Pais. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
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- 1931 births
- 2024 deaths
- 20th-century Spanish politicians
- Deputy prime ministers of Spain
- Economy and finance ministers of Spain
- Politicians from Madrid
- Businesspeople from Madrid
- People's Alliance (Spain) politicians
- Spanish billionaires
- 20th-century Spanish businesspeople
- 21st-century Spanish businesspeople
- Marquesses of Spain