Esade (Escola Superior d'Administració i Direcció d'Empreses) is a prestigious international private educational institution based in

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. Esade runs two schools of the university,

Esade Business School ESADE Business School is a private college and graduate school located in Barcelona, Spain. It is part of ESADE (Catalan: ''Escola Superior d'Administració i Direcció d'Empreses'', Spanish: ''Escuela Superior de Administración y Dirección de E ...

and

Esade Law School Esade Law School is the law school of Ramon Llull University. It is run by ESADE. It was created in 1992 in order to train legal professionals capable of coping with the challenges posed by globalisation. The law school is situated on the Esade ca ...

, as well as a language center, the Esade Executive Language Center. The school has also formed a

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with the

Ramon Llull University University Ramon Llull ( ca, Universitat Ramon Llull, URL; ) is a private university located in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain established in 1990. Currently it is formed by several different colleges specialized in different topics, most of which ar ...

in its

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programmes in Law and Business. ESADE is ranked among the world's top business schools and law school programs by the Financial Times, The Economist, Forbes, QS World University Rankings and more.

History

The Esade project was conceived in the spring of 1954 by a group of Spanish professionals and entrepreneurs who later founded the university. The school signed an agreement with the

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(

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) in October 1958 and started offering its first academic programs in a small building in the district of Sant Gervasi, Barcelona. In 1958, Esade was ultimately founded. Two years later, in 1960, executive education programmes were introduced. In 1964 the college's

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programme was established. A year later, in 1965, ESADE's Barcelona campus (Av. Pedralbes) opened (Building I), as well as the Executive Language Centre. In 1993, Esade Law School opened. In 2001, the school inaugurated its campus in

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( Chamartín). In 2009 Esade opened a new campus in Sant Cugat (Barcelona) as well as Esade Creapolis, a

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based on

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and situated on the new Sant Cugat campus. Today Esade's campuses, if the premises in both

and

are included, cover an area of 30,000m².

Esade Creapolis

Esade Creapolis is a

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between Esade, a consortium of Spanish financial institutions, local

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institutions and business associations. The organisation manages a

technology Technology is the application of knowledge to reach practical goals in a specifiable and reproducible way. The word ''technology'' may also mean the product of such an endeavor. The use of technology is widely prevalent in medicine, scie ...

and

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park on the Esade campus in Sant Cugat, Barcelona. It is an

center promoted by Esade business school, where companies, students, the academic community and scientists come together with the aim of promoting both creativity and innovation. Between 2005 and 2008 Esade Creapolis invested €70 Million in its facilities in Sant Cugat and has since become home to various

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International Rankings

Notable alumni

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(born 1964/65), CEO of

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Ramon Laguarta Ramon Laguarta (born 1963) is a Spanish businessman who is the chairman and chief executive officer of PepsiCo. He became CEO on 3 October 2018 after Indra Nooyi stepped down. He is the sixth CEO in the company's history and the first Spanish C ...

(born 1964), CEO of

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Ferran Soriano Ferran Soriano i Compte (born 16 June 1967 in Barcelona) is a Spanish businessman who is the chief executive officer of the Premier League club Manchester City F.C. He also operates in the same role for Major League Soccer's New York City F.C., ...

(born 1967), CEO of

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Joaquin Duato Joaquin Duato (born April 1962) is a Spanish-American business executive. Duato is a dual citizen of Spain and the United States. He is the chief executive officer (CEO) of Johnson & Johnson, an American multinational conglomerate. He is the ei ...

(born 1962), CEO of

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Gabriel Escarrer Jaume Gabriel Juan Escarrer Jaume (born January 1971) is a Spanish billionaire businessman, heir to Meliá Hotels International, where he is the CEO and vice-chairman. Early life He is the son of the founder and chairman, Gabriel Escarrer Juliá. E ...

(born 1971), Founder and CEO of

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Xavier Espot Zamora Xavier Espot Zamora (born 30 October 1979) is an Andorran judge and politician. He is a former minister of justice and the current prime minister of Andorra since 16 May 2019. Under the government of Antoni Martí, between 25 July 2012 and 28 ...

(born 1979), Current Prime Minister of

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*Jaime Guardiola Romojaro (born 1957), CEO of

Banco Sabadell Banco de Sabadell, S.A. ( ca, Banc Sabadell) is a Spanish multinational financial services company headquartered in Alicante and Barcelona, Spain. It is the 4th-largest Spanish banking group. It includes several banks, brands, subsidiaries and a ...

*Ernesto Lucena (born 1978), Current Minister of Sports of Colombia *

Javier Ferrán Francisco Javier Ferrán Larraz (born August 1956) is a Spanish businessman. He was president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Bacardi from 2003 to 2004. Ferrán has been the chairman of Diageo since January 2017, when Franz Humer retired ...

(born 1956), Chairman of Diageo *

Albert Rivera Albert Rivera Díaz (born 15 November 1979) is a Spanish former politician who was the leader of Citizens from its founding in 2006 until 2019. He was a member of the Parliament of Catalonia (2006–2015) and the Congress of Deputies (2015–201 ...

(born 1979), Spanish politician *

Josep Maria Bartomeu Josep Maria Bartomeu Floreta (born 6 February 1963) is a Spanish entrepreneur, and a former president of football club FC Barcelona. He started his presidency in 2014, following the resignation of Sandro Rosell; he held the post until his resign ...

(born 1963), Former President of

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Joan Rigol Joan Rigol i Roig (Torrelles de Llobregat - 4 April 1943) is a Spanish politician. He is a former president of the Parliament of Catalonia.http://www.parlament-cat.net/portal/page?_pageid=34,34329&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL Rigol also sat in the ...

(born 1943), Former President of the

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Iñaki Urdangarin Iñaki Urdangarin Liebaert (born 15 January 1968) is a retired Spanish handball player turned entrepreneur and the husband of Infanta Cristina, younger daughter of King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofía. He was the brother-in-law of King Felipe V ...

(born 1968), Retired Spanish handball player * Albert Ollé Bartolomé (born 1964), Pioneer of the Call and Contact Center industry in Spain *

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(born 1957), Member of the

for the

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(born 1964), Chairman and CEO of Meridian Capital Partners *

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(born 1975), Deputy of the

for the

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Sabina Fluxà Sabina Fluxà Thienemann (born April 1980) is a Spanish businessperson, and the vice-chairman and CEO of Iberostar Hotels & Resorts. Early life and education Sabina Fluxà was born in April 1980, the eldest daughter of Miguel Fluxà Rosselló, ...

(born 1980), Vice-Chairman and CEO of

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* Patricia Gras (born 1960), American journalist, television anchor, reporter and producer *

Jordi Hereu Jordi Hereu i Boher (; born 14 June 1965 in Barcelona, Spain) is a politician, member of the Partit dels Socialistes de Catalunya, PSC. He was the List of Mayors of Barcelona, Mayor of Barcelona from 2006 to 2011. He is married, has two children an ...

(born 1965), 117th

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(born 1968), Italian economist *

Irene Rigau Irene Rigau i Oliver is a Catalans, Catalan politician from Spain, born in Banyoles (Pla de l'Estany County) in 1951.

(born 1951), Former Counselor of Education of Catalonia *

Sandro Rosell Alexandre "Sandro" Rosell Feliu (; born 6 March 1964) is a Spanish businessman. He earned an MBA degree from ESADE. Rosell ran as senior adviser of Joan Laporta during the 2003 FC Barcelona elections and was the vice-president of sports until Jun ...

(born 1964), Former President of

Josep Maria Vallès Josep Maria Vallès i Casadevall (born July 1940 in Barcelona) is a Spanish academic and politician. Career Vallès studied law ( UB), Political Science (IEP, in Paris) and Business Management (ESADE, Barcelona). He is Emeritus Professor in Pol ...

(born 1940), Spanish academic and politician *

Risto Mejide Risto Mejide Roldán (born 29 November 1974 in Barcelona), formerly named Ricardo Mejide Roldán, is a Spanish publicist, author, music producer, talent show judge, TV presenter and songwriter, best known as a judge on the television talent shows ...

(born 1974), Publicist, author, music producer, songwriter, talent show judge and TV presenter

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