Javier Moll (born in 1950) is a Spanish businessman and owner of the Barcelona-based media company
Editorial Prensa Ibérica
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. In 2007 his company owned more than 20 newspapers in Spain and Portugal. He currently owns assets in South Australia, including ''
The Adelaide Review
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'', which he purchased in 2002, and has investments in South Australian wineries and real estate. As of 2015, plans for Moll's company to establish a daily newspaper to rival ''
The Advertiser'' under the registered name ''Adelaide Times'' are yet to eventuate. In 2011, he launched ''
The Melbourne Review'' in Victoria. Moll is the former owner of the heritage-listed Science Exchange building (previously the Adelaide Stock Exchange), which is now owned by the
Government of South Australia
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.
Moll holds a seat on the governing council of
RiAus
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, which has occupied the building since 2009. Since 2019, Moll also chairs
Grupo Zeta
Grupo Zeta was a Spanish media conglomerate which owned several newspapers and magazines. Founded by Antonio Asensio in 1976, it launched the magazines ''Interviú'' and Tiempo (magazine), ''Tiempo'' before its most successful title, the daily news ...
, a mass media company purchased by Prensa Ibérica.
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Spanish business executives
Living people
1950 births