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Iberdrola: Selling Mexico to Buy Wires in Britain and America
Iberdrola left Mexico for $10.4bn and now sends two thirds of a €58bn plan to British and American grids. The story of a utility that swapped presidents for regulators.
Juan Roig: The Mercadona Founder Who Rebuilt Valencia With His Dividends
How Juan Roig turned Mercadona’s dividends into a Valencia ecosystem: Lanzadera, EDEM, Angels, the €400m Roig Arena, Valencia Basket, DANA relief and family succession.
Repsol and YPF: The $15 Billion Purchase That Argentina Took Back
Repsol bought YPF, Argentina seized it, a New York court awarded $16bn and an appeals court took it back. The most complete sovereign-risk case study in Spanish business.
BBVA México: How a 2000 Bank Deal Became Half of a Spanish Group
Bancomer cost BBVA about €5bn in 2000 and 2004. It now earns more than that every year, which is why BBVA tried to buy Sabadell and why the peso sets its share price.
Spain in Latin America: The Thirty-Year Cycle From Conquest to Retreat
Spain became Latin America’s second-largest investor in a decade. Thirty years on, its telecoms and utilities are selling out while its banks stay. Here is why.
Puig: The Barcelona Fragrance Family That Listed and Kept 93% of the Votes
How the Puig family took its Barcelona fragrance house public in Europe’s biggest 2024 IPO, kept control through dual-class shares, and delivered €5bn of revenue in 2025.
Grifols: What the Gotham Crisis Exposed About Family Control in Spain
How a short seller’s report forced the Grifols family out of the executive suite, what the CNMV found, why Brookfield walked away, and how the plasma group recovered by 2026.
The Botín Dynasty: Four Generations Running Santander on a 1% Stake
How four generations of the Botín family built and still control Banco Santander with barely 1% of the shares, from Emilio Botín Sr to Ana Botín.
Pontegadea: How Amancio Ortega Turned Zara Dividends Into Property
How Amancio Ortega’s holding turned Inditex dividends into a €22bn property and infrastructure empire, and how the family succession is structured.
Spain’s Screen Industry: Netflix’s €1bn Hub and Mediapro’s Fall
Netflix’s Tres Cantos hub, Mediapro’s €286m loss, 54% Canary Islands tax credits and a 600-million-speaker market: Spain’s entertainment business.
Who Owns Spanish Football: Apollo, Peter Lim and the Four Unsellable Clubs
From Apollo’s €2.5bn Atlético deal to Peter Lim’s Valencia: who owns Spain’s clubs, and why four of them can never be bought.