Rafael del Pino Calvo-Sotelo (born 1958) is a Spanish billionaire businessman, the executive chairman of

Ferrovial Ferrovial, S.A. (), previously Grupo Ferrovial, is a Spanish multinational company involved in the design, construction, financing, operation (DBFO) and maintenance of transport infrastructure and urban services. It is a publicly traded company ...

, the company founded in 1952 by his father Rafael del Pino Moreno. He graduated as a civil engineer from the Polytechnic University of Madrid (1981). He also holds an

MBA A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accounti ...

degree from the

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(1986). He was the chief executive officer (CEO) of Grupo Ferrovial from 1992 to 1999. Rafael del Pino is a member of the MIT Corporation, the MIT Energy Initiative's External Advisory Board and MIT Sloan's European Advisory Board. In addition he is a member of the International Advisory Board of

IESE IESE Business School is the graduate business school of the University of Navarra. Founded in 1958 in Barcelona where its main campus is located,López, T. & Pampliega, J“La fundación del IESE (1956–1958)” Universidad de Navarra, Biblioteca ...

and of the Harvard Business School European Advisory Board. He is the nephew of former Spanish PM Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo. In May 2022, he was awarded as

Honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established ...

(CBE), for services to the UK transport and infrastructure sectors.

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