Rafael del Pino Calvo-Sotelo

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Rafael del Pino Calvo-Sotelo
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Born4 July 1958 (1958-07-04) (age 64)
Madrid, Spain
Alma mater MIT Sloan School of Management
Occupation Executive president of Ferrovial
Parent Rafael del Pino y Moreno
Relatives Maria del Pino y Calvo-Sotelo (sister)

Rafael del Pino Calvo-Sotelo (born 1958) is a Spanish billionaire businessman, the executive chairman of Ferrovial, [1] [2] 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 degree from the MIT Sloan School of Management (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, [3] the MIT Energy Initiative's External Advisory Board [4] and MIT Sloan's European Advisory Board. [5] In addition he is a member of the International Advisory Board of IESE [6] 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 (CBE), for services to the UK transport and infrastructure sectors. [7]

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  2. "Chairman – Rafael del Pino".
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