Juan Abelló
Spanish businessman and art collector
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| Intro | Spanish businessman and art collector | ||
| Places | Spain | ||
| is | Financial professional Businessperson Banker | ||
| Work field | Business Finance | ||
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| Birth | 16 December 1941, Madrid | ||
| Age | 83 years | ||
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Biography
Juan Abelló (born 16 December 1941) is a Spanish businessman and art collector. In 2015 Forbes estimated his wealth at $1.84 billion.
Early life
Juan Abelló was born in Madrid on 16 December 1941, the son of a pharmacist father, Juan Abello Pascual. He has a Doctor of pharmacy degree from Madrid's Colegio del Pilar.
Career
Abelló inherited Abello Laboratories, which was founded by his pharmacist father, Juan Abello Pascual, in 1925. In 1993, it merged with its largest competitor, ALK, to form ALK-Abelló.
He owns 9.6% of the Spanish construction company Sacyr Vallehermoso.
Art collector
Abelló possesses a large art collection which includes pieces by Francisco Goya, El Greco, Edgar Degas, Pablo Picasso, Toulouse-Lautrec, Salvador Dali, and Vincent van Gogh.
Abello owns one of the last large triptychs painted by Francis Bacon, Triptych 1983 (1983), and a small triptych by Bacon, Three Studies for a Portrait of Peter Beard (1975). Abello is the only Spanish art collector to own multiple pieces by Bacon.
Personal life
Abelló is married to Anna Isabel Gamazo Hohenlohe. They have four children. Abelló enjoys hunting and watching bullfighting.