Francisco González (banker)

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is González and the second or maternal family name is Rodríguez.

Francisco González Rodríguez (born October 19, 1944) is a Spanish banker and Group Executive Chairman of BBVA[1][2] since 2001.[3]

A graduate in Economics and Business Studies from the Complutense University of Madrid, in 1987 he founded the securities company FG Inversiones Bursátiles, which would later be acquired by Merrill Lynch, who appointed him as the Company’s Advisory Director for Europe.[4]

González was appointed president of the then state-owned bank Argentaria, by the ruling People's Party in 1996[5] and, following the merger with Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria in 1999, was co-president, with Emilio Ybarra, until the latter's resignation in 2001.[3]

Since January, 2000, he has been Chairman of BBVA, and since 2011 he has taken a leading rôle in the digital and technological transformation of the Bank.[6]

Awards and recognitions

In 2004 he was recognized with the ‘Business Leader of the Year’ award,[7] and in 2014 the Americas Society awarded him its Gold Medal[8]

References

  1. ↑ "World, here we come" The Economist. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
  2. ↑ (Spanish) "González cree que España tiene las mejores condiciones para crecer" El País. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
  3. 1 2 (Spanish) "Francisco González, nuevo presidente del BBVA tras la renuncia de Ybarra" El País. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
  4. ↑ (Spanish) "Merryl Lynch cierra la compra de la empresa bursátil FG por 3700 millones" Diario El País
  5. ↑ (Spanish) "Los 37 convocados por Zapatero: una lista equilibrada y sin grandes ausencias" El País. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
  6. ↑ "The BBVA bank vaults that hoard data instead of bullion" "Financial Times". Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  7. ↑ (Spanish) "González gana el Business Leader of the Year" ABC. Retrieved 2 October 2004.
  8. ↑ (Spanish) "Medalla de oro para Francisco González" El Mundo. Retrieved 4 June 2014.


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