Chairman and chief executive of GRUP MEDIAPRO Tatxo Benet is stepping down from his role following an agreement with SouthWind, the group’s majority shareholder.
Benet announced his departure to the company’s executive committees and all professionals across the group during a general meeting held at the Barcelona headquarters and streamed live to all other offices.
Reflecting on his departure, Benet stated: “I take with me the experience of the past 30 years, and the immense talent and humanity of the more than 55,000 professionals who have worked at the group. I’m confident that this new chapter – one in which none of the three original founders remain – will be just as successful as the past three decades, which have seen GRUP MEDIAPRO, a company born and raised in Catalonia, become a global benchmark.”
Benet began his career in journalism, contributing to media outlets such as Diario de Lérida, El País, and El Periódico de Catalunya.
He was a founding member of Televisió de Catalunya (TVC), where he was appointed Head of Sports in 1987, a role he held concurrently as Sports Coordinator for FORTA.
He led the television production of the Barcelona 1992 Olympic Games and served as Director of the Olympic Channel. In 1997, he was named Managing Director of Audiovisual Sport, and in 2000, he co-founded Mediapro alongside Jaume Roures and Gerard Romy.
GRUP MEDIAPRO employs nearly 7,000 professionals across 50 offices in 28 countries.
