Lorenzo Sanz Mancebo (9 August 1943 – 21 March 2020) was a Spanish businessman who was the 14th President of Real Madrid and a former owner of Málaga CF. Early life He was born in August 1943 in a humble family in Madrid, being the eldest of ten siblings. During his youth he was a goalkeeper for several soccer teams in Madrid, such as Puerta Bonita. He began his business career with a wallpaper factory. He was linked to Fuerza Nueva, an extreme right-wing party for which he managed advertising. In 1985 Sanz left Blas Piñar's notary and was appointed as a member of the board of directors of Real Madrid, chaired by Ramón Mendoza, while he shifted his professional activities towards the real estate sector by joining the Swiss Jose Antonio Roth, a wealthy developer who controlled the real-estate development group Barada ("Grupo Barada"). Sanz would acquire land through his companies Nuada and Renfisa, and then use his influence through Real Madrid F.C.'s board to gain planning permissions. After that, the land was sold to Barada, which would offer to the banks some of its land as collateral to cover the guarantees required to the board of directors. In 1995 Lorenzo Sanz became president of Real Madrid after covering, with the economic support of Barada's land, the majority of the 1,045 million pesetas required by LaLiga. During the 2000's Lorenzo Sanz was attributed a net worth of 20,000 million pesetas (120 million euros), less than Roth's wealth, who controlled his stake in Barada, S.L. through the shell company Merenco Capital B.V., registered in the Netherlands. Married to María Luz Durán Muñoz, he was the father of five children. The first son, Lorenzo, was a basketball player and played two seasons with Real Madrid's first team and later as technical director of the section for two seasons. The following sons, Paco -who played eight games in the First Division- and Fernando -who played four seasons with Real Madrid's first team and seven with Málaga-, were soccer players and later presidents of Granada Club de Fútbol and Málaga Club de Fútbol, respectively. Their daughters are María Luz "Malula" (1975), who is married to former Real Madrid player Míchel Salgado, and Diana (1977). President of Real Madrid Sanz was a director of Real Madrid from 1985 to 1995. He then became President of Real Madrid on 26 November 1995 after Ramón Mendoza