Juan Villalonga Navarro was born on April 8,1953 and is a Spanish businessman.
18 Facts About Juan Villalonga
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Juan Villalonga is a native of Madrid, Spain, and was born on April 8,1953.
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Juan Villalonga comes from an established Spanish family deeply entrenched in the economics and politics of the country.
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Juan Villalonga's great uncle was chairman for one of Spain's largest banks, Banco Central, and was an outspoken critic of Francoist Spain.
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Juan Villalonga attended school at the Colegio Nuestra Senora del Pilar in Madrid.
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In 1970 Juan Villalonga began attending his great uncle's alma mater, the University of Deusto, to earn a degree in law.
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Juan Villalonga subsequently became CEO for Credit Suisse First Boston, Spain and Bankers Trust in Spain.
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In 1996, Juan Villalonga was appointed chief executive officer of Telefonica, proposed by shareholders Argentaria, Banco Bilbao, La Caixa, and with endorsement of the Spanish Premier, Jose Maria Aznar.
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Juan Villalonga developed a successful model for acquisitions where transactions were made in stock.
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Juan Villalonga used the event to expand the company beyond Spain into other Spanish-speaking markets.
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In 1998, Juan Villalonga launched Telefonica Interactiva, Telefonica's Internet portal.
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Juan Villalonga aggressively acquired several local start-ups in Spain and the main Latin American markets, turning Terra into a major internet company.
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Juan Villalonga then had Telefonica purchase the American Internet search company, Lycos, creating one of the world's largest Internet companies.
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Juan Villalonga reorganized the company along product rather than geographical lines.
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In June 2000, the Madrid daily El Mundo claimed that Juan Villalonga had been involved in insider trading.
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Amid these rumors and pressure from the Spanish government, Juan Villalonga resigned as chairman of Telefonica in July 2000.
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Juan Villalonga served as a board member of the Espirito Santo Financial Group until September 2011.
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Juan Villalonga is a board member of Axiata, and is a director of the technology company Idea.