The radio says goodbye to Ramón Rato Figaredo
The radio businessman Ramón Rato, founder of the defunct Cadena Rato radio group and shareholder of Intereconomía, died in Madrid this weekend.
The world of radio said goodbye to Ramón Rato Figaredo this weekend. Older brother of Rodrigo Rato, current president of Bankia and former vice president of the Government, he managed family businesses throughout his life, among which Cadena Rato stands out, which after its sale to ONCE gave rise to Onda Cero.
The businessman was always linked to the media business and, in addition to the aforementioned network and the Intereconomía Group, of which he was currently a shareholder, he was also linked to Cadena SER.
A life closely linked to the radio
Firstborn of the Gijón monarchist banker and businessman Ramón Rato Rodríguez San Pedro and Aurora Figaredo Sela, Ramón Rato Figaredo was married to Felicidad Salazar-Simpson Bosch, daughter of an influential Aragonese businessman in the fuel sector. The couple had four children: Patricia (ex-wife of the bullfighter Juan Antonio Ruiz “Espartaco”), Aurora, Leticia and Ramón.
Tras licenciarse en Derecho por la Universidad de Madrid y cursar un máster en La Sorbona (París), Ramón Rato Figaredo (1940) se incorporó a los negocios paternos a mediados de los años sesenta, tanto al frente del Banco de Siero como de las emisoras de radio, que tenían como cabecera a Radio Toledo.
Desde entonces se implicó también en otros negocios del grupo familiar, que llegó a controlar al menos medio centenar de compañías en sectores muy diversos:
Ramón Rato Figaredo se incorporó, siguiendo los pasos de su padre, al comité de la Cadena SER, a la que entonces estaba asociada la Rueda de Emisoras Rato.
A partir de 1972, con la entrada accionarial en Radio Barcelona, la familia, con emisoras entonces en Toledo, Almería, Antequera y Villanueva y Geltrú, amplió su implantación territorial y a la vez emprendió una nueva diversificación empresarial con la entrada entre 1973 y 1974 en el sector agroalimentario.
En 1990 la familia vendió 63 de las 72 emisoras de la popular Rueda Rato a la ONCE dando lugar así a la actual Onda Cero.
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