The president of Clínicas Mi and former director of FC Barcelona, Gabriel Masfurroll, died at the age of 72, as reported this Saturday in a press release. statement from the healthcare company, which he also co-founded.
Born in 1953, he was an economist by training, he started working at the Hospital de Sant Pau and worked in hospitals such as Fundació Puigvert, Fundación Jimenez Díaz and Clínica Quirón, as well as in management and boards of directors of Spanish and foreign health companies.
In 1997, he founded USP Hospitales, of which he was president and CEO until 2010. and this spread to Spain, Portugal, Morocco and Angola.
He then founded the Clínicas Mi Group with his son Gabriel “Gaby” Masfurroll Cortada, current CEO: he began by acquiring the Tres Torres Clinic in Barcelona in 2015 and added other centers, such as the NovAliança Clinic in Lleida and the Ophthalmological Center in Tetuán, today Oftalmi.
At FC Barcelona, he was vice-president of the club (2000-03, under the presidency of Joan Gaspart). and also the Fundació (2010-15); In the sporting field, he also chaired the Laureus Spain Foundation (2012-20), in addition to being a highly competitive swimmer at Club Natació de Barcelona and joining the Spanish national team.
Barça sent its condolences to his family and friends, in a message from X: “Rest in peace,” he added.
He joined the Cercle d’Economía in 1989, participated in boards of directors, He chaired the Social Council of the UAB for nine years, founded the Fundació Catalana Sindrome de Down, promoted the My Álex Foundation (in memory of his son, born with Down syndrome and died at the age of 3), and the Generalitat awarded him the Creu de Sant Jordi in 2008.
He has published 6 books, participated in more than 60 and written more than 1,000 newspaper articles as La Vanguardia, Brand, Expansion And The country.
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