Jordi Bertomeu Orteu (born 15 January 1959) is a Spanish

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administrator. He is the former

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, and

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, which operates the professional European club competitions the EuroLeague and EuroCup.

Biography

Bertomeu was born on 15 January 1959, in

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. Bertomeu earned a

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from the

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. From 1982 to 1994, he worked as the

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and

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of the ACB (Basketball Clubs Association), the organizing body of the

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, the top professional league in Spanish basketball. From 1994 to 2000, he worked as the vice president of the ACB. In 2000, he was appointed CEO of

, which is the organizing body of Europe's premier club basketball competition, the EuroLeague, as well its second-tier competition, the EuroCup. In 2009, EuroLeague Basketball appointed him to the position of chairman of the board, and in 2011, to the position of president. In November 2021 it was confirmed he will leave his position as Euroleague Basketball CEO at the end of the 2021–22 season after six teams in the league voted to dismiss him.

Awards and honors

On November 25, 2008,

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gave Bertomeu the Order of the Republic of Lithuania award, for his contribution to the development and promotion of

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in the country.Жорди Бертомеу награждён литовским орденом

Personal life

Bertomeu is the father of Marc Bertomeu Goixens, who is a Catalan

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References

External links

Jordi Bertomeu, Euroleague Basketball President and CEO, press conferenceJordi Bertomeu, President and CEO, Euroleague Basketball
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