José María de Juan Rivera, great-great grandson of the founder of the Galician beer brand, died in a traffic accident at the age of 33
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Despite the record and increasingly international business figures with which they already crossed the 500 million euros billing barrier, the Hijos de Rivera Corporation, manufacturer of Estrella Galicia, preserves the character of a family business that wanted to print its founder, José María Rivera Corral, in 1906. This week, that nature has caused the thriving facilities in A Coruña to have been dyed to mourn José María de Juan Rivera, great-great-grandson of the founder, second cousin of the current CEO and second misfortune in little more than a decade of a family that just eleven years ago mourned the death of his sister at an age as early as his.
The young man, 33 years old and known in his most intimate circle as Chema, died in a traffic accident on the A-6 as he passed through the Leon town of Brazuelo about four o'clock in the morning of last Tuesday. Galicia circulated in the direction of its land, when, for reasons unknown, the vehicle in which he was traveling as a companion went off the road . While the driver of the wrecked vehicle, 30, was seriously injured, he died already at the scene of the accident.
The deceased was the son of Emilio de Juan and Colette Rivera, cousin of Ignacio Rivera, current CEO of Hijos de Rivera, and known in the world of horse riding for his role as an expert rider who competed in international jumping competitions.
After his death, the Spanish Equestrian Federation issued a statement stating that this sport "mourns" for the death and, on behalf of the entire Board of Directors of the Federation, made their deepest condolences to his family and friends. Also the equestrian center of Casas Novas, which the founder of Inditex, Amancio Ortega, built for his daughter Marta Ortega, used his official Instagram account to give his "deepest condolences" to the Juan Rivera family for the tragic loss.
"Rest in peace Chemita," they published from Casas Novas, accompanying their condolences for a photo of the deceased riding a horse, in memory of an equestrian hobby that even led him to try to qualify to participate in the equestrian events at the Olympic Games from Tokyo 2020, without success. The family will hold a funeral in their memory this Friday, October 25 at 7:30 p.m. in the parish church of Santa Lucia, in the city of A Coruña.
The death of José María de Juan Rivera revives in his family in a tragedy that they will never forget, the tragic death of his sister Diana, also a month of October, but eleven years ago. He was a very similar age, 34 years old, one more than Chema when he also died suddenly.
According to La Voz de Galicia , Diana de Juan Rivera died suddenly when she was with friends in a hotel establishment on the beach of Sada, in A Coruña. The death occurred around eight in the afternoon on October 11, 2008.
Suddenly, the woman suffered a fainting. The emergency medical services were moved to the place, which tried to revive her but, finally, they could only certify the death. The publication of the aforementioned newspaper eleven years ago pointed out that the sudden death was due to a heart attack.
The death of Diana at that time was a severe setback for the family, as José María now supposes, both in the prime of life and members of a family saga of brewers that began in 1906 his great-great grandfather on his return from the emigration in America, when he opted for a then innovative project, beer, which he named 'La Estrella de Galicia' recalling what had been his business in Veracruz, Mexico, 'La Estrella de Oro'.
More than a century after that foundation, the fourth generation of the Rivera family takes the reins of the Corporation, which last year operated in more than fifty markets and manufactured the record number of more than 300 million liters of beer. All keeping family tradition as a hallmark.
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