Helena Revoredo | |
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Born | 1947 (age 76–77) Rosario, Argentina |
Nationality | Spanish |
Education | Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina IESE Business School |
Title | Chairman, Prosegur |
Term | 2004- |
Board member of | Banco Popular Español |
Spouse | Herberto Gut (d. 1997) |
Children | 4 |
Helena Revoredo Delvecchio (born 1947)[1] is an Argentine-Spanish billionaire, and the chairman of Prosegur since 2004.[1] She controls half of Prosegur's shares through her holding Gubel SL.[2]
As of April 2022, Forbes estimated her fortune to be worth $1.2 billion.[3]
Helena Revoredo was born in Rosario, Argentina.[4] She is the daughter of the businessman Juan Federico Revoredo.[5] She has a bachelor's degree from the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, and an MBA from IESE Business School.[3]
Revoredo's late husband, Herberto Gut, founded Prosegur in 1976, but died in a car accident on 31 May 1997 with her Mercedes.[3][5]
Revoredo was a director of Banco Popular Español, which was Spain's sixth-largest lender.[4] She is member of IESE's International Advisory Board (IAB).[6] In 2013, she held a 0.3% stake in Banco Popular.[2] From November 2014 to January 2020, she was sitting on the board of Endesa[7] (the first woman to sit on the board of the company[8]). 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.[9] In January 2020, her shares in Prosegur's controlling holding Gubel dropped below 50%, but she retained a majority on the voting rights.[10]
Revoredo married Herberto Gut[4] 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.[5] Their son, Christian Gut, is CEO of Prosegur, and her daughter Chantal Gut sits on the board.[11]