Diego Hidalgo Schnur

Who is Diego Hidalgo Schnur?

Diego Hidalgo Schnur is a Spanish philanthropist, intellectual and businessman. He is the son of Diego Hidalgo y Durán, who was a prominent jurist, author, intellectual and Minister of War under the Second Spanish Republic, and of Gerda Schnur de Hidalgo, also an intellectual who lived in Paris from 1926 and 1939. Born in Madrid on 5 November 1942, he studied Law in the Complutense University of Madrid and obtained a Master in Business administration from Harvard. He was a PhD candidate in Political Sciences in the City University of New York.

Hidalgo worked at the World Bank from 1968 to 1977 where he was upgraded and in 1974 became Chief of Division, with responsibilities over the projects of the World Bank in the 45 Sub-Saharan African countries. He was the youngest person and the first Spaniard occupying that position. He is the founder of FRIDA and President of DFC, from 1977.

He took part in the foundation of PRISA, the main Spanish media group and one of the most important in Spanish. He currently sits on the board of PRISA, as well as the daily El Pais since 1980 and the radio channel Cadena SER since 1984. He also took part in the administration of several publishing houses and magazines.