Alfonso de Salas (3 September 1943 – 24 September 2019) was a Spanish editor, founder of ''

Cambio 16 ''Cambio 16'' is a Spanish language monthly current affairs magazine published in Madrid, Spain, by "Group 16". History and profile ''Cambio 16'' was first published as a weekly in September 1971 and played an important media role during the Sp ...

'', and co-founder of the newspapers '' El Mundo'' and '' El Economista''.

Biography

After graduating in law and completing a master's degree in economics at the

University of Paris , image_name = Coat of arms of the University of Paris.svg , image_size = 150px , caption = Coat of Arms , latin_name = Universitas magistrorum et scholarium Parisiensis , motto = ''Hic et ubique terrarum'' (Latin) , mottoeng = Here and a ...

, he began his professional activity in 1975, in the field of electric companies. Specifically as financial director of the Standard Electric company and four years later, as director of planning and organization of Endesa. In 1982, his became a publisher. First from the publishing company of the magazine ''Cambio 16'', from where he participated in the founding of Group 16. Under his presidency, the group He consolidated as a benchmark in the world of Spanish journalism, with more than fifteen headers and eight radio stations. In addition to refloating ''Diario 16'', making it one of the most read newspapers in Spain. In 1989, together with Pedro J. Ramírez, Balbino Fraga and Juan González, he founded the newspaper ''El Mundo del Siglo XXI'', and chaired the Unidad Editorial, the publishing company of this newspaper. Director of the newspaper ''El Mundo'' (1989–2005), in a few years he placed him as the second most read ''diario'' in Spain. In 2005 he was relieved by Jorge de Esteban. On 28 February 2006 he launched the economic newspaper ''El Economista''. He died on 24 September 2019, aged 76.Muere Alfonso de Salas, uno de los fundadores de El Mundo

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