Manuel Carlos Mouriño Atanes (born 4 March 1943) is a Spanish businessman. He has been president of the football club RC Celta de Vigo since 2006. After starting his career in his native Vigo and in Madrid, he emigrated to Mexico City in 1978 to operate his father-in-law's businesses. In 1985, he purchased a chain of petrol stations in Campeche, which expanded into other states. His assets diversified into construction and fast food franchising in the 1990s and 2000s. Politically, he endorsed the National Action Party (PAN), of which his son Juan Camilo (1971–2008) was a member. Mouriño returned to Galicia in 2000, becoming a board member at Celta in 2003 and president in 2006. After being relegated and going through a financial crisis, the team won promotion back to La Liga in 2012 and he became their longest-serving president in 2017. Biography Early life and career Born in Vigo, Galicia, Mouriño was educated by the Salesians. He worked for a local travel agency and as a car accessory salesperson before moving to Madrid, becoming head of administration at the Riomiño metalworks and director general of Nautrónica, an American transport and arms company. Career in Mexico Following Nautrónica's financial crisis, Mouriño emigrated to Mexico in 1978 to manage his father-in-laws assets in Mexico City, including hotels, furniture shops and bakeries. In the same year, he founded Ivancar, a car mat manufacturer; Iztapalapa, a paper recycler, followed in 1984. After two armed attacks on his hotels, and wishing to spend more time with his family, he bought a chain of five petrol stations in Campeche in 1985, buying the shares from his two business partners three years later. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Mouriño's business interests diversified into housing, as state governor ordered new constructions. Mouriño lost 1 million Mexican pesos in the early 1990s after investing in Banco Unión. In 1997, he registered Grupo Energético del Sureste (GES), operating petrol stations in other southeastern states and since 2003 holding franchises for fast food such as Church's Chicken and Burger King. Politically, Mouriño had strong relationships with Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) politicians such as Carrillo Zavala, but endorsed the National Action Party (PAN) in 1992. He campaigned for Vicente Fox in the 2000 Mexican general election. He stopped political activity after the rise of his son Juan Camilo Mouriño (1971–2008) in the PAN. President of Celta Mouriño returned to