Juan Antonio Samaranch Salisachs (born 1 November 1959) is a Spanish sports executive and financial analyst who currently serves as the vice president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). He is the son of former IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch. Early life Samaranch was born on 1 November 1959 in Barcelona, Spain, the only son of María Teresa Salisachs and Juan Antonio Samaranch. He has one sister, María Teresa. His father was Minister of Sports under Franco from 1967 to 1971 and president of the IOC from 1980 to 2001. The family spent some time living in Moscow, Soviet Union while Samaranch the elder served as a diplomat following the restoration of democracy in Spain. Samranch attended University of Barcelona, where he studied industrial engineering, and earned his MBA from New York University (NYU) in 1986. He previously served as the regional leader for NYU's Stern School of Business alumni group in Spain. Career Before earning his MBA, Samaranch worked as a perfume salesman for International Flavors & Fragrances for two and a half years. After graduating from NYU in 1986, he worked for three years as an associate at First Boston Corporation in New York, then served as a partner and as the vice president of corporate finance for S. G. Warburg & Co. in London. In 1991, he co-founded GBS Finanzas. In 1996, he became vice president of the Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM) and in 2001, the same year his father retired, was elected as a member of the IOC. He served on the Organizing Committees for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy and the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. In 2015, Samaranch was appointed president of the Summit Shopping, Tourism and Economy committee, which focused on increasing the "number of quality visitors and tourists in Spain and Madrid." He was elected vice president of the IOC in 2016, where he served on the Oswald Commission, which made decisions about Russian athletes following the Summer Olympics doping scandal. He finished his four year term as VP of IOC in 2020. Samaranch established the Samaranch Foundation in Beijing, China in 2012 in honor of his late father. The organization "aims to promote sport in China" and encourages good relations between China and Spain. Initial funding came from the Samaranch family, IOC, Chinese Olympic Committee, Beijing Olympic City Development Association, Spanish government, Barcelona's government, Anta Sports,