Pedro Jose López Jiménez (born 18 October 1942) is a Spanish businessman, and the vice chairman of

Real Madrid Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional Football club (association football), football club based in Madrid. The club competes in La Liga, th ...

football club since 2009.

Early life

Pedro López Jiménez was born on 18 October 1942. in

Málaga Málaga (; ) is a Municipalities in Spain, municipality of Spain, capital of the Province of Málaga, in the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia. With a population of 591,637 in 2024, it is the second-most populo ...

. He earned a master's degree in civil engineering, and an MBA from

IESE Business School IESE Business School is the Catholic Church, Catholic graduate business school of the University of Navarra. It was established in Barcelona in 1958 by Opus Dei. From 1963, in collaboration with Harvard Business School, it offers a two-year Maste ...

Career

López Jiménez was chairman of

Unión Fenosa ''Unión Fenosa, S.A.'' was, until its acquisition by '' Gas Natural'' in 2009, a large Spanish company dedicated to the production and distribution of gas and electricity. It installed capacity of 11,120 megawatts of power and 8.9 million custo ...

, a Spanish gas and electricity distribution company, now part of the

Gas Natural Naturgy Energy Group S.A''.'', formerly ''Gas Natural Fenosa'' (), is a Spanish multinational natural gas and electrical energy utilities company, which operates primarily in Spain. The company's administrative headquarters are in Barcelona, whil ...

group and previously, in the period 1979-1982 of the public owned electricity company Endesa. López Jiménez has been the vice chairman of

football club since 2009. He is a board member of the

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(ECA). He was appointed a member of the board of directors of

ACS Group ACS, Actividades de Construcción y Servicios, S.A. () is a Spanish company dedicated to civil engineering, construction, all types of services and telecommunications. It is one of the leading construction companies in the world, with projects ...

in June 1989 (re-appointed in 1994, 1999, 2003, 2008, 2015, and 2019).

References

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