The Círculo de Empresarios, the Cercle d’Economia and the Círculo de Empresarios Vascos, with the support of the Royal House, annually present the Kingdom of Spain Entrepreneurial Career Award. In recognition of an exemplary trajectory, and as an example for future generations, a significant entrepreneur who has carried out important work in Spain in terms of employment generation, investment, innovation and internationalisation, and has contributed, in short, to the progress and well-being of Spanish society as a whole.
In this year’s edition, the award has been given to Mariano Puig Planas, former President of the Puig Group, in a ceremony chaired by His Majesty King Felipe VI.
“On the path towards greater progress and well-being, our businesses play an essential role. The task is not easy, but it is where we should look. Mariano Puig is an example of an entrepreneur at the service of the common good.”
Juan José Brugera, President of the Cercle d’Economia
“I would like to leave a country that inspires future generations because they feel they can find their place. For this, we need to recover a coexistence that at this moment seems impossible to us.”
Mariano Puig, Former President of Puig
“The social sensitivity that Mariano Puig projected from a very early age, in his industrial surroundings, towards all workers, is further proof that his business stature is inseparable from his moral and human stature.”
S.M. King Felipe VI
