Juan Luis Cebrián

A journalist and author, Juan Luis Cebrián is Chairman of the Spanish Media Group Prisa and of itsnewspaper El País, as well as Vice President of Prisa TV. Prisa is the largest group in Education, Communication, Media and Entertainment fields in the Spanish and Portuguese speaking worlds. The Group is present in 22 different countries across Latin America. It is a leader in Education in the whole area; the leader in radio broadcasting in Spain, Colombia and Chile; the leader in Free to air TV in Portugal, and the leader in Pay TV in Spain as well as in newspapers with El País. Cebrián was Managing Editor and Deputy Editor-in-chief of Madrid dailies Pueblo and Informaciones, to be later appointed Head of the News Services of the Spanish Public Television (TVE). In January 1976, he became the founding Editor-in-chief of El País, which has been the leading paper for more than three decades not only in Spain but in the whole Spanish-speaking market. From 1986 to1988, he was also President of the International Press Institute (IPI). In October 1988, he took over as Chief Executive Officer of El País and Grupo Prisa. He was named Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Board of Prisa in December 2008, and recently appointed Chairman of El País. He has just taken over as Chairman of Prisa. He is a graduate from the Official School of Journalism and from the Complutense University of Madrid. He also studied Philosophy. Juan Luis Cebrián is a steady member of the Royal Spanish Academy since 1996 and has authored numerous books both fiction and essay.