Pablo Isla from Inditex to Nestlé through his film company, where his son Santi works.
In the Swiss group he will earn much less than in Arteixo, but will establish himself as a top manager. His musician son works with him at Fonte Films.
Pablo Isla (59 years old) once again proves that he is one of the best leaders in the world. as Harvard proclaimed, each time he takes another step in his career. just named vice president of Nestlé after the last general meeting of shareholders of the Swiss group. This position puts him just behind company president Paul Bühlke.
Isla worked for Nestlé for several years as a director and after leaving Inditex, where he served as CEO until 2021 when he was succeeded by Oscar García Maceiras, he heads the Nestlé company. his own film production company, Fonte Films.. He is also a senior advisor to Cinven, a UK venture capital firm, and president of Amara Nzero, a subsidiary of Cinven. He also chairs the international advisory board of the IE University of Madrid, is a director of Bertelsmann, and sits on the boards of the Prado Museum, the Teatro Real Madrid and the La Caixa Foundation, among other positions.
This move is not economically motivated in any case, since the salary he will receive will not be nearly as high as what he earned at Inditex. 800.00 euros compared to the total remuneration of 27.2 million euros with which he left Arteixo.
Anyway, Nestlé is another giant company in the world that supports him as a manager. In 2023, the food company had a turnover of 96 billion euros and a profit of $11,500.
On a personal level Pablo Isla He is married to Maria de la Vega., your same age. They met while studying at a Jesuit college in Madrid in the 80s and married in the early 90s. He studied law and took the exam to become a state prosecutor. She studied art history and is an official on leave from the Ministry of Culture. Both come from large Catholic families, they have three children: Santiago, Belen and Cecilia, who grew up in La Coruña, between luxurious district of Oleiros and Opus schools.
Santiago, the oldest, at 28, receives the most media coverage. He received an ADE from Icade and a Master’s degree from IE. about management and digital business, but what he really loves is music, a passion that comes from his mother, a Rolling Stones enthusiast. Santi played in two bands, Sin Blanca and Chelsea Boots, which released a very successful album with Universal and opened for Keane. Now he sings solo. He also loves literature and writes a blog called Rattles, which is widely followed on the cultural digital newspaper Substack.
He published two books, Good nightdedicated to Madrid, the night and the search for perfect love, and Flower games. After working for a telecommunications company, he works as a content creative for his father’s production company. He was absent for several months influential person Isa Geranes, ex-girlfriend of Carlos Sainz Jr. They both exchange words of love on Instagram.