Gabriel Juan Escarrer Jaume (born January 1971) is a Spanish billionaire businessman, heir to

Meliá Hotels International Meliá Hotels International, S.A. (formerly Sol Meliá) is a Spanish hotel chain which was founded by Gabriel Escarrer Juliá in 1956 in Palma de Mallorca. The company is one of Spain's largest domestic operators of holiday resorts and the ...

, where he is the CEO and vice-chairman.

Early life

He is the son of the founder and chairman, Gabriel Escarrer Juliá. Escarrer has a BS degree in economics from the renowned Wharton School,

University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn or UPenn) is a private research university in Philadelphia. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is ranked among the highest-regarded universitie ...

, where he specialized in finance and business management. He has an MBA from

ESADE Esade (Escola Superior d'Administració i Direcció d'Empreses) is a prestigious international private educational institution based in Barcelona, Spain. Esade runs two schools of the university, Esade Business School and Esade Law School, as well ...

Career

Escarrer worked in New York City in finance with

Salomon Smith Barney Salomon Brothers, Inc., was an American multinational bulge bracket investment bank headquartered in New York. It was one of the five largest investment banking enterprises in the United States and the most profitable firm on Wall Street dur ...

for three years, before joining Meliá Hotels. Escarrer and his family own almost 56% of Meliá Hotels.

Personal life

Escarrer is married, with four children, and lives in

Palma de Majorca Palma (; ; also known as ''Palma de Mallorca'', officially between 1983–88, 2006–08, and 2012–16) is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. It is situated on the south coast of Mallorca ...

, Spain.

References

1971 births Living people Spanish businesspeople Spanish billionaires Spanish chief executives University of Pennsylvania alumni ESADE alumni People from Palma de Mallorca {{Spain-business-bio-stub