{"id":98843,"date":"2025-12-28T19:41:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T23:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/carles-vilarrubi-passes-away-former-barca-vice-president-businessman-and-gastronome\/"},"modified":"2025-12-28T19:41:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T23:41:12","slug":"carles-vilarrubi-passes-away-former-barca-vice-president-businessman-and-gastronome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/carles-vilarrubi-passes-away-former-barca-vice-president-businessman-and-gastronome\/","title":{"rendered":"Carles Vilarrub\u00ed passes away: Former Bar\u00e7a vice-president, businessman, and gastronome"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Carles Vilarrub\u00ed, Former Vice President of FC Barcelona, Passes Away<\/h2>\n\nBarcelona mourns the loss of Carles Vilarrub\u00ed, a renowned businessman, gastronome, and former vice-president of FC Barcelona. Vilarrub\u00ed passed away this Sunday at the age of 71, leaving a significant legacy in the sports and business fields.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>FC Barcelona, its president and the Board of Directors express their deepest condolences for the death of Carles Vilarrub\u00ed.<\/p><cite>FC Barcelona<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nThe Blaugrana club, through its official channels, expressed its condolences, highlighting Vilarrub\u00ed&#8217;s important contribution to the club. He was institutional vice president from July 1, 2010, to October 1, 2017.\n\nLinked to Bar\u00e7a from a young age, Vilarrub\u00ed also represented the club as a roller hockey player before beginning his outstanding career as a director. In addition to his work in sports, he was a successful businessman and gastronome, recognized with the Creu de Sant Jordi and president of the Catalan Academy of Gastronomy and Nutrition.\n\nDuring the mandates of Sandro Rosell and Josep Maria Bartomeu, Vilarrub\u00ed held the position of vice president. His resignation, on October 1, 2017, was due to his disagreement with the club&#8217;s decision to play a LaLiga match at the Camp Nou in a context of political tensions.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Business Career<\/h2>\n\n\nBorn in Barcelona on February 21, 1954, Vilarrub\u00ed accumulated vast experience in the business world, holding positions in important companies and institutions both nationally and internationally.\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Vice President of Rothschild Spain<\/li><li>President of CVC Grupo Consejeros<\/li><li>President of Willis S &amp; C<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\nHe also served on various boards and organizations, including the SHE Foundation and the governing board of Foment del Treball.\n\nBefore his time at FC Barcelona, Vilarrub\u00ed was an advisor at Telef\u00f3nica from 1996, although he resigned in 2001. Previously, he directed the public entity that manages the lotteries of the Generalitat and was secretary general of the Catalan Corporation of Radio and Television.\n\nIn 1992, he was CEO of Grand Pen\u00ednsula, but he resigned due to disagreements with the promoter of the Port Aventura project.\n\nIn 2015, he was awarded the Creu de Sant Jordi by the Generalitat. In addition, he wrote the book &#8220;The impact of the crisis on football. Adaptive strategies&#8221;.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carles Vilarrub\u00ed, Former Vice President of FC Barcelona, Passes Away Barcelona mourns the loss of Carles Vilarrub\u00ed, a renowned businessman, gastronome, and former vice-president of FC Barcelona. Vilarrub\u00ed passed away this Sunday at the age of 71, leaving a significant legacy in the sports and business fields. 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