Businessman Juan Urquijo de la Sierra, Marquis of Urquijo, died today at the
age of 63
in a Madrid clinic due to a
long illness,
sources close to the family confirmed to EFE.
Juan Urquijo had lived in Panama for years, where he was executive president of the board of directors of the risk rating agency PCR (Pacific Credit Rating).
Graduated in Law from the Complutense University of Madrid, MIM from the American Graduate School of International Management and Diploma in Business Sciences from ESADE, he has performed various tasks in the world of banking, from his beginnings at
Banco Urquijo Hispano Americano, at Banco Urquijo and in Urquijo Leasing.
In the business world, he was director of leading companies both in Europe and America such as ADA, Ediciones Agenda, Grupo Mundial Tenedora, Banvivienda and Aseguradora Mundial, among others.
As detailed on the PCR website, he participated as a partner and collaborator in the management of the
London-Mi companies.
Group, Energy Factor
and the main developer of real estate projects in the Old Town of Panama, Inmobiliaria San Felipe.
Juan Urquijo de la Sierra was
the youngest son of the Marquises of Urquijo,
whose murder on August 1, 1980 while they were sleeping in their home in the residential neighborhood of Somosaguas, in Madrid, caused a great social upheaval in Spain.
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