Bautista Soler

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Juan Bautista Soler Luján is a major real estate developer and investor from Valencia, Spain. Since 2004, he has also served as president of the Valencia Club de Fútbol (Valencia CF).

His eponymous Grupo Juan Bautista Soler creates large apartment buildings and residential developments in Southern Spain. Along with other real estate developers like Manuel Manrique, José Manuel Loureda, Manuel Jove, and Rafael del Pino, Soler has ridden the wave of increasing economic growth in Spain since its addition to the Eurpoean Union. In particular he has worked with fellow developers Enrique Buñuelos and Joaquín Rivero. His real estate developments and partnerships have resulted in immense wealth. In 2007 Forbes Magazine listed him as tied for the 717th wealthiest person on earth, with a net worth of $1.4 billion.