Juan Carlos Escotet

Juan Carlos Escotet Rodríguez (born 23 July 1959) is a Spanish-Venezuelan billionaire banker and the founder of Banesco, the largest private financial institution in Venezuela. He is also CEO and shareholder of Spanish bank Abanca, as well as president of Spanish football club Deportivo de A Coruña. As of July 2025, his reported net worth is estimated at US$7.8 billion.

Early life Escotet was born in Madrid, Spain in 1959 as one of eight immigrant children from Spain. He began his work life performing errands for Banco Union in Venezuela in 1976 during which he also attended night school.

He later earned a master's degree in professional management science from the University of Miami School of Business at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida.

Personal life Escotet is married, with three children, and lives in A Coruña, Spain.