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Florentino Pérez

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Florentino Pérez Rodríguez (Spanish pronunciation: [floɾenˈtino ˈpeɾeθ roˈðɾiɣeθ]; born 8 March 1947) is a Spanish businessman and the president of football club Real Madrid, as well as chairman and CEO of Grupo ACS, a civil engineering company. Perez was awarded as the greatest president of all time by Globe Soccer Awards in 2024. He began his professional career in the private sector in 1971 and was a member of the Spanish Union of the Democratic Center and the secretary-general of the Spanish Democratic Reformist Party, from 1979 to 1986. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Florentino Pérez has received more than 3,654,727 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Florentino Pérez is the 18th most popular businessperson (up from 21st in 2019), the 59th most popular biography from Spain (up from 65th in 2019) and the most popular Spanish Businessperson.

Florentino Pérez is most famous for his tenure as president of Real Madrid. He is the club's most successful president, having won six La Liga titles, two UEFA Champions League titles, two UEFA Super Cups, and one FIFA Club World Cup.

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  • 3.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 76.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 52

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Florentino Pérez ranks 18 out of 847. Before him are Warren Buffett, Ingvar Kamprad, George Soros, Aristotle Onassis, Bernard Arnault, and Levi Strauss. After him are Tim Cook, Jeffrey Epstein, Cosimo de' Medici, Ludwig Erhard, David Rockefeller, and Ferdinand von Zeppelin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Florentino Pérez ranks 12. Before him are Stephen King, David Bowie, Elton John, David Letterman, Brian Johnson, and Dilma Rousseff. After him are Brian May, Josep Borrell, Ali Abdullah Saleh, Salman Rushdie, James Hunt, and Shirin Ebadi.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Florentino Pérez ranks 59 out of 3,355. Before him are John of the Cross (1542), El Cid (1045), Lope de Vega (1562), Abd al-Rahman III (889), Tomás de Torquemada (1420), and Jusepe de Ribera (1591). After him are Maria Theresa of Spain (1638), Ramon Llull (1232), Eugénie de Montijo (1826), Quintilian (35), Josep Borrell (1947), and Ferdinand VII of Spain (1784).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Spain

Among businesspeople born in Spain, Florentino Pérez ranks 1. After him are Amancio Ortega (1936), Eusebi Güell (1846), Joan Laporta (1962), Lorenzo Sanz (1943), Rosalía Mera (1944), Josep Lluís Núñez (1931), Josep Maria Bartomeu (1963), Ramón Calderón (1951), Joseph Oller (1839), Ana Botín (1960), and Manolo el del bombo (1949).

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