Juan Abelló Gallo
Spanish businessman and art collector
Juan Abelló Gallo (born 1941) is a Spanish businessman and art collector. In March 2021, Forbes estimated his wealth at $3 billion.2
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Born Dec 16, 1941.1
Companies
Early life and education
- 1958 to 1963Complutense University of Madrid licentiate3
Juan Abelló was born in 1941 in Madrid, the son of a pharmacist father, Juan Abello Pascual. He has a bachelor's degree in pharmacy from the Complutense University of Madrid (1963), and a doctorate in pharmacy (1978) from Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
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Career
Occupation: businessperson, entrepreneur, banker, art collector.7
- 2000 to 2004Adviser, Santander Group4
- 1988 to 1989President, La Unión y el Fénix4 5
- Date not recordedVice president, Sacyr4
- Date not recordedVice president, CVNE4
- Date not recordedWorked at Antibióticos S.A.4
- Date not recordedPresident, Airtel4
- Date not recordedBoard member, Fundación Madrid Vivo6
In 1966 Abelló was appointed managing director of Antibióticos, S.A., the family group founded by his pharmacist father, Juan Abello Pascual, in 1919. The company had obtained the first licence in Spain in 1934 to manufacture opioid-derived medication. In 1986, he led the disposal of Antibióticos and other family pharma assets (maintaining Alergia e Inmunología Abelló, S.A. and Alcaloides, S.A.) to Montedison.
In 1990, he founded Torreal, a family-owned global investment firm with more than 25 portfolio companies, diversified across various segments and geographies.
In 2013, through Torreal, he invested in Investindustrial which controlled 37.5% of the automobile manufacturer Aston Martin. In 2018, through Torreal and in a joint-venture with the British investment fund GHO, Abelló started the company of cannabis-derived products Linneo Health.
In 2018, he named his son Miguel Abelló Gamazo executive vice-president of Torreal, and then president of the company in 2020.
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Personal life
- BornDec 16, 1941, Madrid8
- CitizenshipSpain9
- SpouseAna Isabel Gamazo y Hohenlohe-Langenburg10
- Children411
Abelló is married to Ana Isabel Gamazo y Hohenlohe-Langenburg, granddaughter of Prince Max Egon of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. They have four children. He is an avid deer hunter.
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- 1WikidataJuan Abelló Gallo on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaJuan Abelló Gallo on Wikipedia
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- 13WikidataAirtel, President
- 14WikidataCVNE, Vice president
- 15WikidataSacyr, Vice president
- 16WikidataLa Unión y el Fénix, President
- 17Wikimedia CommonsJuan Abelló Gallo photo by Juan de Flandes, Public domain