Rafael del Pino y Moreno was one of the most outstanding Spanish entrepreneurs of the 20th Century. His intellectual curiosity and spirit of enterprise led him in 1999 to set up the Rafael del Pino Foundation with the following objectives:
• To train leaders
• To foster personal initiative, free market principles and free enterprise
• To encourage entrepreneurship and the use of new technologies
• To contribute to improving people’s health and living conditions
• To increase knowledge of Spain’s history and preserve Spain’s cultural heritage
The work of the Rafael del Pino Foundation is inspired by the principles of the defenceof the general interest, freedom, the spirit of enterprise and innovation, rigour, vocation of service and transparency.
The Rafael del Pino Foundation is a non-profit organisation that is included among the entities regulated by the Spanish Law on Foundations and Tax Incentives for Private Participation in Activities of General Interest. It is classified and registered in the Foundations Register of the Charities Supervisory Body (el Protectorado) of the Spanish Ministry
of Culture and Sports under number 479.