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While Spain's new government is trying to end its patriarchal traditions by allowing women to head the monarchy, the private sector is ahead of the curve. Ana Patricia Botín, 43, a financial veteran, is executive chairwoman of Banco Español de Credito (Banesto), and when her father Emilio retires as chairman, she may take over the parent firm, family-controlled Grupo Santander, which is Spain's biggest banking empire. Botín, who speaks five languages, has learned how to face those who charge nepotism. "I started at the bottom," she says. "Nobody has given me anything." Indeed, Bot?...
...undergo training to prepare us for this kind of situation, the real heroes were the citizens who helped in the first moments, the millions who went to the demonstrations that evening, and the people who faced down the fear of getting on the train in the days that followed. Emilio Prada Fernández Manchón Madrid In "{A Brief} History Of Heroes," author Tristram Hunt asked how our current crop of heroes measures up to the legends of the past. That's like asking whether we moderns are genuine humans compared to the superhumans of yore. One unchanging...
...Emilio Botin, chairman of Banco Santander Central Hispano, Spain's largest bank, is a lover of big-game hunting. Indeed, hunting trophies line his office wall. But his latest prize won't quite fit on the wall--the $14 billion acquisition of British mortgage lender Abbey National. The deal is the largest cross-border bank deal ever in Europe and creates the Continent's fourth largest bank. "This is a unique opportunity to enter a very interesting market," Botin said after unveiling the Abbey deal. Botin, 69, is an experienced hand at buying banks. He merged family-run Santander with...
...bank, agreed to buy British mortgage lender Abbey National for approximately €13.4 billion, creating Europe's fourth-largest bank in terms of market capitalization. "This is a unique opportunity to enter a very interesting market, which will add diversification, solidity and stability to our future results," Santander chairman Emilio Botín proclaimed. So has the predicted round of consolidation begun at last? Er, not really. "This is not the beginning of cross-border banking mergers in the euro zone," says Francesco Giavazzi, an economist at Milan's Bocconi University. If anything, Giavazzi says, Santander's move in Britain...
...Called To Account Emilio Botín, chairman of Spain 's biggest bank, Santander Central Hispano, was ordered to stand trial for misappropriation of the bank's funds. Both Botín and the bank deny the charges...