Entrepreneurs who leave their mark

KPMG presented this past July 19th the latest edition of the book “Those who leave their mark II“, which highlights the vital and successful business careers of 20 personalities from family owned businesses. As is noted in the prologue of the book, out of one million family businesses in existence in Spain, twenty names are listed that represent the faithful essence of family businesses, their values, and their experiences on their path success.

The book is based on interviews made by the journalist Jesús Martínez de Rioja with 20 business leaders that, if grouped together into a single business group, would be a conglomerate of over 60,000 employees and revenue of 10,000 million euros. Their twenty stories provide insights and candid opinions of the leaders interspersed with anecdotes of interest and above all, life lessons and attitudes. They all hold in common values such as determination, tenacity, effort, the desire to excel, and a passion for business. Clemente González Soler, president of Alibérico, one of the protagonists of the book “Those who leave their mark II”, was in attendance at the presentation ceremony held at the new KPMG headquarter in Madrid, located in the Crystal Tower.

The president of Alibérico told the audience some of the keys which in his opinion, are present in successful business projects: “In all cases, I have always found the same values: to have a long-term vision with the capacity to generate changes, to be able to lead and motivate people, to have high doses of courage and willingness to take risks, and work… hard work” said Clemente González Soler.

Apart from the successful example of Alibérico, quoted in the book’s pages are testimonies from the Antolín Group, Barceló Group, Grupo Fuertes, J. García Carrión, GAES, OGOZA, ACESUR, La Farga Group Juste, Viña Tondonia, Neinver Group, Torrecid, Cementos Molins, Pastelerías Mallorca, Cafento, Sener, Pikolin, GADISA and TOUS.