Sol Daurella
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Sol Daurella | |
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| Born | 1966 (age 58–59) Barcelona, Spain |
| Occupation | Business executive |
| Title | Chairperson, Coca-Cola European Partners |
| Spouse | Carles Vilarrubi |
| Children | 3 |
Sol Daurella Comadrán (born 1966) is a Spanish business executive. She is chairwoman of Coca-Cola Europacific Partners.
Early life and education
[edit]Sol Daurella was born in 1966 in Barcelona,[1] into a family with a long business tradition. She is the granddaughter of the Spanish importer of salted cod Santiago Daurella Rull and daughter of the entrepreneur José Daurella Franco.[2]
The Daurella family has been part of the Coca-Cola global system since 1951, when they obtained the licence to bottle and distribute the Coca-Cola beverage in Spain, creating the first Spanish bottler.[3]
Sol Daurella was educated in an English school in Montreux, Switzerland, and obtained her degree in business administration from University of Barcelona,[4] followed by MBA from ESADE, and a master's degree in Finance from the University of Berkeley.[5][6] She speaks four languages.[citation needed]
Career
[edit]Daurella She began her professional career at Mac Group, a strategic consultancy firm, before joining the Coca-Cola System in 1992.[5]
Coca-Cola European Partners was created in May 2016, after the merger of Coca-Cola Iberian Partners, Coca-Cola Enterprises, and the German bottler. Before her appointment as Chairman of Coca-Cola European Partners, she had been CEO at Coca-Cola Iberian Partners.[citation needed] Daurella is chair of UK-based Coca-Cola European Partners,[7] a consumer goods company that produces and distributes an extensive range of nonalcoholic ready-to-drink beverages in thirteen European countries including Spain, Portugal, Andorra, France, United Kingdom, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Norway and Switzerland.[8]
Daurella is also a director of other Coca-Cola bottlers such as Equatorial Coca-Cola Bottling Company, partially owned by TCCC, which operates in 12 countries in Western and Northern Africa.[4]
She is also co-chair of Grupo Cacaolat, a dairy company which produces cocoa milkshakes and is based in Barcelona, Spain,[4] as well as CEO and chair of Cobega.[citation needed]
Other activities
[edit]Daurella has contributed her experience as a board member to a number of companies in the banking, construction, and energy sectors, as well as to other consumer goods companies.[citation needed]
Between 2010 and 2014, she was on the boards of Banco Sabadell, Acciona and Ebro Foods.[4] In November 2014, she became been a board member of Banco Santander, ranked Eurozone's largest bank by market value.[9]
She became honorary consul for Iceland[4] and has been involved with nonprofit organisations dedicated to cancer research, health and well-being, and education.[citation needed]
Recognition
[edit]In September 2023, Daurella was awarded the Premio Empresaria del Año (Businesswoman of the Year) in the inaugural Premios Vanguardia,[10] presented at the National Museum of Art of Catalonia in Barcelona in 2023 by the King Felipe of Spain.[11]
Personal life
[edit]Daurella was married to Joan Albiol, a former head of Puig's beauty division, with whom she has two sons.[12][13] She later married business executive Carles Vilarrubi with whom she has a daughter.[13][14]
References
[edit]- ^ Penty, Charles; Tadeo, Maria; Munoz, Macarena (6 August 2015). "Daurella Expands Spanish Bottling Empire With Coca-Cola Deal". Bloomberg News.
- ^ Tauls, Silvia (8 August 2015). "Sol Daurella gana poder... pero se aleja de su marido, Carles Vilarrubí" [Sol Daurella wins power... but she walks away from her husband, Carles Vilarrubí]. El Mundo (in Spanish).
- ^ Raquel, Lander. Josep Oliu, el banquero estratega : del Vallés a la élite : la historia de éxito del Banco Sabadell. ISBN 9788490602058. OCLC 903204161.
- ^ a b c d e Elices, Maria Matos (29 May 2016). "Sol Daurella: el sabor español a Coca-Cola" [Sol Daurella: the Spanish flavor of Coca-Cola]. Cinco Días (in Spanish).
- ^ a b Castellanos, Sara (13 November 2024). "Esta es la catalana más rica de España, según la Lista Forbes: con un patrimonio de 3.000 millones de euros" [This is the richest Catalan in Spain, according to the Forbes List: with a heritage of 3 billion euros]. El Confidencial (in Spanish).
- ^ Saborit, Sergi (27 July 2016). "Sol Daurella ya es una de las mujeres más poderosas de los negocios en Europa" [Sol Daurella is already one of the most powerful women in business in Europe]. Expansión (in Spanish).
- ^ "Sol Daurella". Forbes. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ^ "Coca-Cola European Partners plc Combination Completed; Creates World's Largest Independent Coca-Cola Bottler Based on Net Sales". 28 May 2016.
- ^ Bray, Chad (25 November 2014). "New Chief and Directors for Banco Santander". The New York Times.
- ^ "Entrega de la primera edición de los "Premios La Vanguardia"". Castellano (in Spanish). 18 September 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
- ^ "Spanish King and Queen attended 'La Vanguardia Awards' ceremony". Newmyroyals. 19 September 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
- ^ Pina, Marina (7 October 2017). "Sol Daurella: la posición independentista de su marido, Carles Vilarrubí, la perjudica" [Sol Daurella: Her husband's independence position, Carles Vilarrubí, hurts her]. El Mundo (in Spanish).
- ^ a b Taulés, Silvia (19 November 2021). "Quién es quién en la familia Daurella, el apellido tras el mayor embotellador de Coca-Cola del mundo" [Who is who in the Daurella family, the surname after the world's largest Coca-Cola bottler]. Forbes (in Spanish).
- ^ Lizarraga, Clara Hernanz (6 March 2025). "Elusive Coke-Bottling Billionaire Thrust Into FTSE Limelight". Bloomberg News.