Florentino Eduardo Pérez Rodríguez (Spanish pronunciation: [floɾenˈtino ˈpeɾeθ roˈðɾiɣeθ]; born 8 March 1947) is a Spanish businessman, civil engineer, former politician, and current president of Real Madrid C.F., as well as Grupo ACS, a civil engineering company. He is most famous for ushering in Real Madrid’s period of Los Galácticos, a time when the club paid extremely high transfer fees for elite footballers.
Early career
Pérez attended the Polytechnic University of Madrid.
Pérez joined the Union of the Democratic Centre party in 1979, serving among others on the Madrid city council.
In 1986, Pérez ran in the Spanish general elections as candidate for the Partido Reformista Democrático (Democratic Reform Party).
In 1993, he was named vice president of OCP Construcciones. After the fusion of OCP with Gines y Navarro into Actividades de Construcción y Servicios, S.A. (ACS) in 1997, he became president of the new company.
Real Madrid
Florentino Pérez first ran for the presidency of Real Madrid in the 19 February 1995 election. He campaigned on the poor financial situation of the club and the alleged extensive mismanagement by the board, but lost to the incumbent Ramón Mendoza by 699 votes.
Summary
| Florentino Pérez | |
|---|---|
| Born | Florentino Eduardo Pérez Rodríguez 8 March 1947 Hortaleza, Madrid, Spain |
| Residence | Madrid, Spain |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Other names | Papa Perez |
| Alma mater | Technical University of Madrid |
| Occupation | Civil Engineer |
| Known for | President of Real Madrid |
| Home town | Madrid |
| Net worth |  US$1.74 billion (November 2016) |
| Board member of | Chairman of Grupo ACS |
| Spouse(s) | María Ángeles “Pitina” Sandoval Montero (died 22 May 2012) |
| Children | María Ángeles Pérez Sandoval Eduardo Pérez Sandoval Florentino Pérez Sandoval Jose A. Pérez Sandoval |
| Relatives | Eduardo Pérez del Barrio (father) Soledad Rodríguez Pérez (mother) |
- Florentino Perez splits his time running Spain’s largest construction company Grupo ACS and popular Spanish soccer team Real Madrid.
- Perez, president of Real Madrid, boosted advertising and merchandise revenues in his first tenure as president (2000-2006).
- He was re-elected president of Real Madrid in 2009. The team, owned by its fans, is worth $3.6 billion according to Forbes.
- Florentino has been CEO of Grupo ACS since 1997; he owns a nearly 13% stake in the publicly-traded construction company.
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