Background
Juan Abelló was born in Madrid on 16 December 1941, the son of a pharmacist father, Juan Abello Pascual.
Juan Abelló was born in Madrid on 16 December 1941, the son of a pharmacist father, Juan Abello Pascual.
In 2015 Forbes estimated his wealth at $1.84 billion. He has a Doctor of pharmacy degree from Madrid"s Colegio del Pilar. In 1993, it merged with its largest competitor, ALK, to form ALK-Abelló.
He owns 9.6% of the Spanish construction company Sacyr Vallehermoso.
Abelló possesses a large art collection which includes pieces by Francisco Goya, El Greco, Edgar Degas, Pablo Picasso, Toulouse-Lautrec, Salvador Dali, and Vincent van Gogh. Abello owns one of the last large triptychs painted by Francis Bacon, Triptych 1983 (1983), and a small triptych by Bacon, Three Studies for a Portrait of Peter Beard (1975).
Abello is the only Spanish art collector to own multiple pieces by Bacon.
Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando.