Helena Revoredo
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| name = Helena Revoredo
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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1947}}
| birth_place = Rosario, Argentina
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| nationality = Spanish
| education = Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina
IESE Business School
| occupation =
| title = Chairman, Prosegur
| term = 2004-
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| boards = Banco Popular Español
| spouse = Herberto Gut (d. 1997)
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| children = 4
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Helena Revoredo Delvecchio (born 1947){{cite web |url=http://serviciosapp.endesa.com/EN/ABOUTENDESA/ORGANOSDEGOBIERNO/BOARDOFDIRECTORS/CV_consejo/HELENA%20REVOREDO%20English.pdf |title=HELENA REVOREDO DELVECCHIO |website=Serviciosapp.endesa.com |accessdate=2017-02-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211080402/http://serviciosapp.endesa.com/EN/ABOUTENDESA/ORGANOSDEGOBIERNO/BOARDOFDIRECTORS/CV_consejo/HELENA%20REVOREDO%20English.pdf |archive-date=2017-02-11 |url-status=dead }} is an Argentine-Spanish billionaire, and the chairman of Prosegur since 2004. She controls half of Prosegur's shares through her holding Gubel SL.{{Cite news |date=2013-01-18 |title=Helena Revoredo y Rosalía Mera, ricas y poderosas |language=es |work=El País |url=https://elpais.com/elpais/2013/01/18/gente/1358527959_878511.html |access-date=2022-10-26 |issn=1134-6582}}
As of April 2022, Forbes estimated her fortune to be worth $1.2 billion.{{Cite web |title=Helena Revoredo |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/helena-revoredo/ |access-date=2022-10-26 |website=Forbes |language=en}}
Early life
Helena Revoredo was born in Rosario, Argentina.{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-01-18/spain-s-revoredo-is-billionaire-with-cash-in-armored-vans|title=Spain's Revoredo Is Billionaire With Cash in Armored Vans|date=18 January 2013|website=Bloomberg.com}} She is the daughter of the businessman Juan Federico Revoredo.{{Cite web |date=2020-02-22 |title=Helena Revoredo: la millonaria jefa de Prosegur prepara su jubilación |url=https://www.elmundo.es/loc/famosos/2020/02/22/5e3c2e6721efa0597c8b468b.html |access-date=2022-10-26 |website=ELMUNDO |language=es}} She has a bachelor's degree from the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, and an MBA from IESE Business School.
Career
Revoredo's late husband, Herberto Gut, founded Prosegur in 1976, but died in a car accident on 31 May 1997 with her Mercedes.
Revoredo was a director of Banco Popular Español, which was Spain's sixth-largest lender. She is member of IESE's International Advisory Board (IAB).[https://www.iese.edu/about/leadership/ Members of IESE's International Advisory Board], iese.edu In 2013, she held a 0.3% stake in Banco Popular. From November 2014 to January 2020, she was sitting on the board of Endesa{{Cite web |date=2020-01-17 |title=Helena Revoredo, presidenta de Prosegur, dimite como consejera independiente de Endesa |url=https://www.expansion.com/empresas/energia/2020/01/17/5e21ebab468aeb384a8b45ec.html |access-date=2022-10-26 |website=EXPANSION |language=es}} (the first woman to sit on the board of the company{{Cite web |title=Helena Revoredo, primera mujer en el consejo de la eléctrica Endesa |url=https://www.elidealgallego.com/texto-diario/mostrar/2466100/helena-revoredo-primera-mujer-consejo-electrica-endesa |access-date=2022-10-26 |website=El Ideal Gallego |language=es}}). In September 2019, Telefonica bought Prosegur's security alarm subsidiary for $300 million, partly with shares of Telefónica, making Revoredo a new shareholder in Telefónica.{{Cite web |last=lainformacion.com |date=2019-09-19 |title=Helena Revoredo, la 'dama de oro' del Ibex, entra con sus alarmas en Telefónica |url=https://www.lainformacion.com/empresas/helena-revoredo-dama-oro-ibex-alarmas-telefonica-prosegur/6512927/ |access-date=2022-10-26 |website=La Información |language=es}} In January 2020, her shares in Prosegur's controlling holding Gubel dropped below 50%, but she retained a majority on the voting rights.{{Cite web |date=2020-01-31 |title=Helena Revoredo se asegura el control de Prosegur pese a contar con menos del 50% de la sociedad vehicular |url=https://www.expansion.com/empresas/2020/01/31/5e341cfce5fdea57068b4614.html |access-date=2022-10-26 |website=EXPANSION |language=es}}
Personal life
Revoredo married Herberto Gut and the couple moved to Spain in 1975 where her husband was in charge of setting up the Spanish subsidiary of his boss' security company, thus giving birth to Prosegur. Their son, Christian Gut, is CEO of Prosegur, and her daughter Chantal Gut sits on the board.{{cite web |title=Forbes profile: Helena Revoredo |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/helena-revoredo/ |accessdate=28 September 2020 |website=Forbes.com}}
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Category:Argentine billionaires
Category:Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina alumni
Category:21st-century Spanish businesswomen
Category:21st-century Spanish businesspeople