From Opus Dei alumni to McKinsey consultants: The clans that run Spain’s biggest companies

An invisible web of connections links the executives and board members of Spain’s largest companies. Having spent time at certain elite consulting firms, business schools or government institutions opens more doors than any headhunter ever could. Former state attorneys sitting on the boards of major Spanish companies, ex-McKinsey executives running some of the financial sector’s most powerful firms, and alumni of leading business schools such as IESE and ICADE holding top positions in multinational companies all illustrate a network of influence, as subtle as it is enduring, that has been woven through Spain’s corporate elite.

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