Juan Bautista Soler
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Juan Bautista Soler Luján is a Spanish businessman and former president of Valencia Club de Fútbol. He is a real estate developer and investor, based in Valencia.
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 European 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 2004, he became president of Valencia. In 2007, the noted Forbes Magazine listed him as tied for the 717th wealthiest person on earth, with a net worth of $1.4 billion. On the 12th March 2008, he resigned as chairman of Valencia CF.[1]
Juan Bautista Soler is 51 years old.[2]
