Rafael del Pino Calvo-Sotelo
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Rafael del Pino Calvo-Sotelo

Spanish businessman (born 1958)

Rafael del Pino Calvo-Sotelo (born 1958) is a Spanish billionaire businessman, the executive chairman of Ferrovial, the company founded in 1952 by his father Rafael del Pino Moreno.2

From Wikipedia’s article on Rafael del Pino Calvo-Sotelo (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Jul 14, 1958.1

About

He graduated as a civil engineer from the Polytechnic University of Madrid (1981). Like his father, he also holds an MBA degree from the MIT Sloan School of Management (1986). He was the chief executive officer (CEO) of Grupo Ferrovial from 1992 to 1999.

Rafael del Pino is a member of the MIT Corporation, the MIT Energy Initiative's External Advisory Board and MIT Sloan's European Advisory Board. In addition he is a member of the International Advisory Board of IESE and of the Harvard Business School European Advisory Board.

He is the nephew of former Spanish PM Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo.

In May 2022, he was awarded as Honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), for services to the UK transport and infrastructure sectors.

From Wikipedia’s article on Rafael del Pino Calvo-Sotelo, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2

Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedMIT Sloan School of Management3
  • Date not recordedTechnical University of Madrid3

Career

Occupation: businessperson, engineer.8

  • Since 2014Academician of the Royal Academy of Engineering4 6
  • Since 2000President, Ferrovial4 5
  • Since 2000Chair, Ferrovial7

Personal life

  • BornJul 14, 1958, Madrid9
  • CitizenshipSpain10
  • SpouseAstrid Gil-Casares 2006 to 201611