Miguel Ángel Gil Marín (born 28 May 1963) is a Spanish sports executive and stockbreeder, CEO of Atlético de Madrid since 1993. He also is the main shareholder of the football team.
Miguel Ángel Gil Marín | |
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| Born | 28 May 1963 Madrid, Spain |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Occupation | Sports executive · stockbreeder |
Biography
editBorn in 1963 in Madrid,[1] he is the second son of Jesús Gil y Gil, former President of Atlético Madrid (1987–2003) and Mayor of Marbella (1991–2002), and María Ángeles Marín Cobo.[2][3] Graduated as veterinarian,[3] his father gave him control over the Valdeolivas property in Arenas de San Pedro near the Sierra de Gredos, known as location for horse breeding.[4] In time, Gil Marín developed a business conglomerate dedicated to horse and bull breeding as well as hunting activities,[4] with businesses in both Valdeolivas (10 km2) and the Finca El Arco (2.5 km2) in the province of Toledo.[5]
His father also introduced him to administration of the Atlético de Madrid football team, with Gil Marín becoming the CEO in 1993.[5] Since 2004, as Jesús Gil died, he also became the owner of the majority of shares along Enrique Cerezo, who became Chairman of the company.[5] As the conversion from football club into a Sociedad Anónima Deportiva (SAD) in the 1990s was ruled as a case of embezzlement ("unlawful appropriation") by justice (although the Supreme Court suspended the two-year prison sentence to Gil Marín and Cerezo as well as the restitution of shares in 2004 on the basis of the extinction of the charges after 5 years), the property over the shares remains controversial.[6]
Gil Marín lives in the exclusive La Finca in Pozuelo de Alarcón; as of 2022, his fortune was estimated as the 52nd in Spain.
Awards
edit- 2010 – Globe Soccer Awards (Best director of the year)[7]
References
edit- ^ Borasteros, Daniel (29 December 2004). "El club dejaría el estadio por 100 hectáreas". El País.
- ^ Bercovitz, Vera (2012-02-20). "a familia y tal y tal: cuando los hijos de Jesús Gil y Gil hablaron de su herencia". Vanity Fair.
- ^ a b Pina, Marina (12 May 2019). "La familia de Jesús Gil, unida y embargada 15 años después de su muerte". El Mundo.
- ^ a b Paniagua, Mayka (18 May 2018). "Miguel Ángel Gil maneja un imperio de caballos, toros y camisetas rojiblancas". La Información.
- ^ a b c "Cerezo y Gil Marín, entre las 200 mayores fortunas de España". Mundo Deportivo. 31 January 2019.
- ^ Seguín, Bécquer (28 December 2016). "Los múltiples crímenes de Jesús Gil". CTXT.
- ^ Rodríguez, Rubén (30 December 2010). "Gil Marín, elegido el mejor gestor deportivo del año 2010 por los 'Globe Soccer Awards'". El Confidencial.
