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Emilio Botín is the third generation of the Botín family to run Santander. He became chairman of the bank in 1986 when his father, Emilio Sr, reluctantly stepped down at the age of 83.
Now 71, the current patriarch of the dynasty shows no sign of slowing down. On the day before he spoke to Euromoney's Clive Horwood, he flew into London Heathrow. As soon as he disembarked, he headed off to play golf, his favourite pastime – not to one of the capital's prestige clubs, such as Wentworth...
