Alberto Cortina

Alberto Cortina (born January 20, 1947, in Madrid, Spain) is a Spanish businessman. Through his holding Percacer, he is co-owner, with his cousin Alberto Alcocer, of Alcor Holding, the owner of 12.5% of Grupo ACS, the biggest construction company in the world by sales with 2014 revenues of USD 50b, and of 21% of Ence, the largest paper pulp and biomass energy company in Europe. He has appeared several years in Forbes List of Billionaires with USD 1.5b.

Biography

Cortina studied Law at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. His life has run parallel to that of his cousin Alberto Alcocer. In Spain both cousins are commonly referred to as "The Albertos". In 1969 he married Alicia Koplowitz. After that, he and his cousin started working for Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas, the company founded by Alicia's father. By the year 1976 he became CEO of the company.

Driven by the talent of Cortina and Alcocer, and through a never before tried diversification from its core building business into other sectors, the company grew more than 660 times in market value over a period of 18 years. This growth was accomplished in spite of the Spanish crisis that took place between the years of 1973 and 1985. The value of the company went from 450 million pesetas in 1972 to 300,000 million pesetas. The company that was having a turnover of 1,000 million pesetas when Alberto joined it, became a diversified group of over 30 companies, with a total turnover of close to 300,000 million pesetas and a valuation of USD 3b.

In 1978, both Albertos acquired 5% of Banco de Fomento, belonging to Banco Central. Three years later, they acquire a significant stake in Portland Valderrivas, a cement company owned by Banesto, on which they placed Alberto Cortina's brother, Alfonso Cortina, as head of the company.

In 1982 they acquired Banco Zaragozano. Later, in 1988, together with KIO Group they created Cartera Central which had a significant stake in Banco Central and a seat on its Board of Directors. Banco Zaragozano was valued in USD 15m and sold it for over USD 2b to Barclay's Bank in 2003.

In 2000 he married Elena Cué with whom he had a daughter in 2006.[1][2]

In 2010 Forbes Magazine included Alberto Cortina in their billionaires list ranking as the 828th wealthiest man in the world.

In June 2015 Banque de Dakar starts to provide finantial services at its headquarters in the capital of Senegal.[3] The bank is controlled by the BDK Financial Group led by Cortina along with various relevant shareholders. In February 2016 Alfredo Sáenz Abad is appointed president of the bank and in March he acquires 5% of BDK's shares.[4][5]

Business titles

Alberto Cortina has held the following titles:

References

  1. ↑ "Matrimonio religioso de ALBERTO CORTINA Y ELENA CUE en su finca de "Las Cuevas"" (in Spanish). ¡Hola!. 10 June 2000. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "Elena Cué y Alberto Cortina padres de su primera hija" (in Spanish). ¡Hola!. 3 March 2006. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "Alberto Cortina apuesta por el sector financiero africano" (in Spanish). El País. 22 June 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  4. ↑ Veloso, Moncho (16 February 2016). "Alfredo Sáenz, nuevo presidente del banco africano de Alberto Cortina" (in Spanish). ABC. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  5. ↑ Navás, José Antonio (8 March 2016). "Sáenz adquiere un 5% del 'holding' africano de Alberto Cortina y Alejandro Betancourt" (in Spanish). El Confidencial. Retrieved 14 March 2016.

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