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Antonio Asensio Pizarro
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Antonio Asensio Pizarro

Spanish mass media entrepreneur

Antonio Asensio Pizarro (11 June 1947 – 20 April 2001) was a Spanish mass media entrepreneur. Having inherited his late father's business at 18, he founded Grupo Zeta in 1976.2

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Born Jun 11, 1947, died Apr 20, 2001.1

About

Starting with the magazine Interviú, which reached circulation of 1 million, his company then moved into newspapers with El Periódico de Catalunya, which became the highest selling in Catalonia. In 1998, he bought 99% of football club RCD Mallorca.

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Companies

Early life and education

Asensio was born in Barcelona as the youngest of four children and only son. His father from Zaragoza, also named Antonio, ran a phototypesetting workshop. Asensio graduated in industrial engineering, and was briefly a sports journalist for the Correo Catalan in 1965. When he was 18, his father died and he took over the company.

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Career

Occupation: businessperson, journalist.6

  • Date not recordedFounded Tiempo de Hoy3
  • Date not recordedFounded El Periódico4
  • Date not recordedFounded Grupo Zeta5

Personal life

  • BornJun 11, 1947, Barcelona7
  • DiedApr 20, 2001, Madrid8
  • CitizenshipSpain9
  • Children410

Asensio married French-Algerian Chantal Mosbah. They had three daughters (one adopted from China) and a son. The latter, also named Antonio, inherited his business at the age of 19. The eldest daughter Ingrid married the Real Madrid footballer Fernando Sanz, son of club president Lorenzo Sanz.

Asensio died of a brain tumour in Barcelona at the age of 53.

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Awards

  • 2001Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit11

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