Gabriel Escarrer Jaume
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Gabriel Juan Escarrer Jaume (born January 1971) is a Spanish businessman, heir to
Meliá Hotels International Meliá Hotels International, S.A. (formerly Sol Meliá) is a Spanish hotel chain. Sol was founded by Gabriel Escarrer Juliá in 1956 in Palma de Mallorca and Meliá was founded by José Meliá Sinisterra (1911–1999). It is also known as and ...
, where he is the CEO and Chairman.


Early life

He is the son of the founder and chairman, Gabriel Escarrer Juliá. Escarrer has a BS degree in economics from the
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania The Wharton School ( ) is the business school of the University of Pennsylvania, a private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia. Established in 1881 through a donation from Joseph Wharton, a co-founder of Bethlehem Steel, the Wharton ...
, where he specialized in finance and business management. He has an MBA from
ESADE Esade (Escola Superior d'Administració i Direcció d'Empreses) is an international private educational institution based in Barcelona, Spain. Esade runs two schools of the university, ESADE Business School, Esade Business School and ESADE Law Sch ...
.


Career

Escarrer worked in New York City in finance with
Salomon Smith Barney Salomon Brothers, Inc., was an American multinational bulge bracket investment bank headquartered in New York City. It was one of the five largest investment banking enterprises in the United States and a very profitable firm on Wall Street du ...
for three years, before joining Meliá Hotels. Escarrer and his family own almost 56% of Meliá Hotels.


Personal life

Escarrer is married, with four children, and lives in
Palma de Majorca Palma (, ; ), also known as Palma de Mallorca (officially between 1983 and 1988, 2006–2008, and 2012–2016), is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. It is situated on the south coast of M ...
, Spain.


References

1971 births Living people Spanish businesspeople Spanish chief executives University of Pennsylvania alumni ESADE alumni People from Palma de Mallorca {{Spain-business-bio-stub