What is Emilio Botín?
[[File:Emilio Botín 14.01.15.jpg|thumb|Botín in January 2014.]] '''Emilio Botín-Sanz de Sautuola y García de los Ríos''' {{Small|'''Marquis Consort of O'Shea'''}} (1 October 1934 &ndash; 10 September 2014) was a [[Spanish people|Spanish]] [[banker]] and [[businessman]]. He was the [[Chairperson|Executive Chairman]] of [[Grupo Santander]] until his death. The bank is the largest in the [[Eurozone]]. He was a [[billionaire]]. Botín was born in [[Santander, Spain|Santander]], [[Cantabria]]. He was married to Spanish [[nobility]] [[Paloma O'Shea]], giving Botín an extended title. They had six children: [[Ana Patricia Botín|Ana]], Carmen, Carolina, Paloma, Javier and Emilio. He was a [[Roman Catholic]]. Botín died from a [[Myocardial infarction|heart attack]] on 10 September 2014 in [[Madrid]]. He was 79.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/09/10/banco-santander-chairman-emilio-botn-dies-at-age-79/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0|title=Emilio Botín, Who Built Up Santander Bank, Dies at 79|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=12 September 2014|accessdate=13 September 2014|first=Raphael|last=Minder}}</ref> His eldest daughter Ana now has his job as Chair of Santander.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/09/10/uk-santander-botin-death-idUKKBN0H50HK20140910|title=Santander's powerful patriarch Botin dies, daughter named successor|publisher=[[Reuters]]|date=10 September 2014|accessdate=13 September 2014|first1=Sonya|last1=Dowsett|first2=Sarah|last2=White|archive-date=21 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150821145544/http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/09/10/uk-santander-botin-death-idUKKBN0H50HK20140910|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} * {{IMDb name|3138808}} * [http://www.santander.com/csgs/Satellite/CFWCSancomQP01/es_ES/Santander-/Sala-de-comunicacion/D-Emilio-Botin-Sanz-de-Sautuola-y-Garcia-de-los-Rios.html Emilio Botín] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150302115606/http://www.santander.com/csgs