Juan Abelló

Juan Abelló Gallo (born 1941) is a Spanish billionaire businessman and art collector. In March 2018, Forbes estimated his wealth at $2.6 billion.[1]

Juan Abelló
Born
Juan Abelló Gallo

1941 (age 79–80)
Madrid, Spain
NationalitySpanish
EducationComplutense University of Madrid
Colegio del Pilar
OccupationBusinessman
Net worthUS$2.6 billion (March 2018)[1]
Spouse(s)Ana Isabel Gamazo y Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Children4
Juan de Flandes, The Baptism of Christ, c. 1496-1499. Oil on panel. Part of the Abelló collection.

Early life

Juan Abelló was born in 1941,[2] in Madrid,[3] the son of a pharmacist father, Juan Abello Pascual.[4] He has a bachelor's degree in pharmacy from the Complutense University of Madrid (1963),[5] and a doctorate in pharmacy (1978)[5] from Madrid's Colegio del Pilar.[6] He is a member of Spain's Royal Academy of Pharmacy.[5]

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.[7]

He owns 9.6% of the Spanish construction company Sacyr Vallehermoso.

Art collector

Abelló owns about 500 works of art, including pieces by Francisco Goya, El Greco, Edgar Degas, Pablo Picasso, Toulouse-Lautrec, Salvador Dali, and Vincent van Gogh.[1][8]

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).[9][10] Abello is the only Spanish art collector to own multiple pieces by Bacon.[9]

Personal life

Abelló is married to Ana Isabel Gamazo y Hohenlohe-Langenburg,[8] grand-daughter of Prince Max Egon of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. They have four children.[1] Abelló enjoys hunting and watching bullfighting.[1]

References
  1. "Forbes profile: Juan Abello". Forbes. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  2. http://www.sacyr.com/es_en/images/goberning_bodies_tcm30-9718.pdf
  3. "First exhibition in U.S. of paintings from Juan Abelló Collection ends Aug. 2 - SMU". www.smu.edu. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  4. "El multimillonario Juan Abelló logra beneficios récord con el monopolio del opio en España". eldiario.es. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  5. interbanner.com. "Torreal". www.torreal.com. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  6. "Juan Abelló Gallo. A3". www.elmundo.es. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  7. "ALK's History". ALK-Abelló. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  8. Kassam, Ashifa (5 November 2014). "One of world's best private collections gets public airing in Madrid gallery". the Guardian. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  9. "Triptych, 1983, exhibited in Dallas' Meadow Museum's 50th Anniversary celebrations". Francis Bacon.com. Archived from the original on May 25, 2015. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
  10. "The Abelló Collection: A Modern Taste for European Masters". Meadows Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
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