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Josep Vilarasau Dies at Age 95: the Former President of La Caixa Who Made the Entity an International Financial Giant

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The former president of La Caixa Josep Vilarasau (Barcelona, 1931) passed away this Tuesday at age 95, sources from the Foundation have explained to the ACN. Vilarasau was general director of Caixa d'Estalvis i Pensions de Barcelona between 1976 and 1999, when he was appointed president of La Caixa and the La Caixa Foundation. He is considered the architect of the transformation of the entity into an international financial giant, since under hi…

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Not too many years ago, during my intervention at the Christmas meeting of the 'la Caixa' Foundation, I dedicated a few words to Josep Vilarasau. I never missed an opportunity to ponder his figure, and that day, before the entire staff, I expressed how fortunate I was to have been able to work alongside him, as well as highlighting his immense contribution to the success of La Caixa . I asked for applause in his honor, and all the employees resp…

·Madrid, Spain
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Josep Vilarasau, ex-presidente da La Caixa, uma entitye espanhola previously known as Pension Fund, morreu aos 95 years, second or journal ‘Expansion’. Com formação em engenharia e doutorado em Economia e Ciências Empresariais, Vilarasau foi presidente da La Caixa between 1999 and 2003, had entered na entitye em 1976. During or seu mandate expandiu a La Caixa para fora da Catalunha, adotou um model of bancário negiciacios e adquiriu participates…

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The former director, who presided over La Caixa for more than two decades, has passed away at age 95. The economic, political and cultural world says goodbye to the banker and patrons The government transforms the FROB and creates a new anti-laundering authority

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The former president of La Caixa Josep Vilarasau (Barcelona, 1931) passed away this Tuesday at age 95, sources from the Foundation have explained to the ACN. Vilarasau was general director of Caixa d'Estalvis i Pensions de Barcelona between 1976 and 1999, when he was appointed president of La Caixa and the La Caixa Foundation. He is considered the architect of the transformation of the entity into an international financial giant, since under hi…

·Madrid, Spain
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The Catalan assumed the presidency of the entity between 1999 and 2003

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The former president of La Caixa Josep Vilarasau has passed away this Tuesday at age 95. Vilarasau was general director of La Caixa between 1976 and 1999, when he was appointed president of the entity and of the La Caixa Foundation. Previously, Vilarasau was general director of financial policy of the Ministry of Finance. In ... Continue reading "Death Josep Vilarasau, the director who led the transformation of La Caixa for 27 years"

·Madrid, Spain
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La Vanguardia broke the news in Barcelona, Spain on Tuesday, July 28, 2026.
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