Helena Revoredo Delvecchio (born 1947) is an Argentine-Spanish

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, and the chairman of

Prosegur Prosegur Compañía de Seguridad, S.A ("Prosegur") is a multinational security company, headquartered in Madrid, Spain. History Prosegur was founded in 1976 by Herberto Gut. It began as a private security company, with a particular focus on ...

since 2004. She controls half of Prosegur's shares through her holding Gubel SL. As of April 2022, ''

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'' estimated her fortune to be worth $1.2 billion.

Early life

Helena Revoredo was born in

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, Argentina. She is the daughter of the businessman Juan Federico Revoredo. She has a bachelor's degree from the

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, and an MBA from

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Career

Revoredo's late husband, Herberto Gut, founded

in 1976, but died in a car accident on 31 May 1997 with her Mercedes. Revoredo was a director of

Banco Popular Español Banco Popular Español, S.A. () was the sixth largest banking group in Spain before it was bought by Banco Santander as part of a rescue package in June 2017. Components The group consisted of the following companies: national bank Banco Popular ...

, which was Spain's sixth-largest lender. She is member of IESE's International Advisory Board (IAB). In 2013, she held a 0.3% stake in Banco Popular. From November 2014 to January 2020, she was sitting on the board of

Endesa Endesa, S.A. (, originally an initialism for ''Empresa Nacional de Electricidad, S.A''.) is a Spanish multinational electric utility company, the largest in the country. The firm, a majority-owned subsidiary of the Italian utility company Enel, ...

(the first woman to sit on the board of the company). In September 2019, Telefonica bought Prosegur's security alarm subsidiary for $300 million, partly with shares of

Telefónica Telefónica, S.A. () is a Spanish multinational telecommunications company headquartered in Madrid, Spain. It is one of the largest telephone operators and mobile network providers in the world. It provides fixed and mobile telephony, broadba ...

, making Revoredo a new shareholder in Telefónica. In January 2020, her shares in Prosegur's controlling holding Gubel dropped below 50% but she retained a majority on the voting rights.

Personal life

Revoredo married Herberto Gut and the couple moved to Spain in 1975 where her husband was in charge of setting up the Spanish subsidiary of his boss' security company, thus giving birth to Prosegur. Their son, Christian Gut, is CEO of Prosegur, and her daughter Chantal Gut sits on the board.

References

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