Jaime Botín-Sanz de Sautuola y García de los Ríos (born 10 April 1936) is a Spanish billionaire heir, banker and art collector.

Early life

Botín was born in 1936.The World's Billionaires: #1118 Jaime Botin
''Forbes'' His father

Emilio Botín (1903–1993) Emilio Botín-Sanz de Sautuola López (18 January 1903 – 22 September 1993) was a Spanish banker, the chairman of Santander Group from 1950 to 1986. He was born in 1903, the son of Emilio Botín López and María Sanz de Sautuola y Escalante. H ...

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.Fundacion Botín: Jaime Botín
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Career

He served as Vice Chairman of the Santander Bank in the 1990s. He resigned in 2004.

Personal life

He is married to Adela Botín.Kim Willsher
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''The Guardian'', 4 August 2015. They have five children. They reside in

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, Spain. He was the owner of ''

Head of a Young Woman ''Head of a Young Woman'' is a 1906 oil painting by Pablo Picasso. It depicts the portrait of a young woman with long, dark hair. The painting dates from Picasso's Rose Period, during a trip that he made to the Catalan village of Gósol. It was ...

'', a painting by

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. He acquired the Adix yacht from Alan Bond in 1989. In January, 2020 he was convicted of trafficking culturally important goods for attempting to illegally export the Picasso painting aboard the yacht. A Spanish judge fined him €91.7 million and sentenced him to 3 years in prison.

References

1936 births Living people People from Madrid Spanish bankers Spanish art collectors Spanish billionaires Members of the Board of Directors of the Banco Santander University of Deusto alumni University of Valladolid alumni {{Spain-bio-stub