Jaime Botín Explained

Jaime Botín
Birth Date:1936 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Santander, Cantabria, Spain
Death Place:Cantabria, Spain
Alma Mater:University of Valladolid
University of Deusto
Occupation:Banker
Spouse:
Adela Bermúdez
Children:5
Parents:Emilio Botín-Sanz de Sautuola López
Ana García de los Ríos y Caller
Relatives:Emilio Botín (brother)
Ana Patricia Botín (niece)

Jaime Botín-Sanz de Sautuola y García de los Ríos (10 April 1936 – 15 August 2024) was a Spanish billionaire heir, banker and art collector.

Early life

Botín was born in 1936.[1] His father Emilio Botín (1903–1993) and elder brother Emilio Botín have been chairman of the Santander Group, and following his death in 2014, was succeeded by his daughter (Jaime's niece) Ana Patricia Botín.

He received a law degree from the University of Valladolid and an economics degree from the University of Deusto.[2]

Career

Botín was vice chairman of Santander Bank in the 1990s.[1] He resigned in 2004.[1]

Personal life

Botín was married to Belén Naveda Agüero.[3] They had five children and later divorced.[1] He later married Adela Bermúdez.[4] They resided in Madrid, Spain.[1]

He was the owner of Head of a Young Woman, a painting by Pablo Picasso.[3] He acquired the Adix yacht from Alan Bond in 1989.[3] In January 2020 he was convicted of trafficking culturally important goods for attempting to illegally export the Picasso painting aboard the yacht, and was fined €91.7 million and sentenced to three years in prison.[5]

Botín died in Cantabria on 15 August 2024, at the age of 88.[6]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.forbes.com/profile/jaime-botin-1/ The World's Billionaires: #1118 Jaime Botin
  2. http://www.fundacionbotin.org/foundation/jaime-botin2.html?lan=en Fundacion Botín: Jaime Botín
  3. €25m Picasso and superyacht collide with Spanish export ban . Kim . Willsher . 4 August 2015 . . August 17, 2024.
  4. Web site: Jaime Botín, the 'dissident', is freed from prison due to "serious illness": his life tragedies . Silvia . Taules . September 24, 2021 . vanitatis.elconfidencial . 17 August 2024.
  5. Web site: Judge Increases Jaime Botín's Fine for Smuggling Picasso Painting to $101.2 M . 4 February 2020 . artnews.com . 19 June 2020.
  6. News: Muere a los 88 años Jaime Botín, fundador de Bankinter y exvicepresidente de Banco Santander . 16 August 2024 . El Pais . 15 August 2024.