José Ignacio Goirigolzarri Tellaeche (born 4 February 1954) is a Spanish economist and executive. He is the current Chairman of

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since 2021 and Chairman of the state-owned holding BFA. From 2012 to 2021 he served as Chairman of

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and from 2001 to 2009 as chairman and COO of

BBVA Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (), better known by its initialism BBVA, is a Spanish multinational financial services company based in Madrid and Bilbao, Spain. It is one of the largest financial institutions in the world, and is present ...

Early life and education

Goirigolzarri earned a bachelor's degree in Economics and Business Studies from the

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), and a degree in Strategic Finance and Planning from the

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Career

Goirgolzarri began his professional career at Banco de Bilbao in 1977. In 1992, he was appointed as General Director at BBV. In 1999, BBV and Argentaria merged and Goirigolzarri was appointed as member of the Management Committee and head of the Latin-American businesses. He served as Vice Chairman of

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and

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in 2002–2003. Goirigolzarri was president and COO of

from 2001 to 2009, when he early-retired after working at the bank for 30 years. He received a lifelong pension of €3 million per year (starting from age 65), which caused an avalanche of public criticism. On 9 May 2012, he became the president of Bankia, the fourth largest bank of

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. On 25 May 2012, Bankia asked for €19 billion from the

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