Born in 1963 in Madrid,[1] he is the second son of Jesús Gil y Gil, former President of Atlético Madrid (1987–2003) and Mayor of Marbella (1991–2002), and María Ángeles Marín Cobo.[2][3] Graduated as veterinarian,[3] his father gave him control over the Valdeolivas property in Arenas de San Pedro near the Sierra de Gredos, known as location for horse breeding.[4] In time, Gil Marín developed a business conglomerate dedicated to horse and bull breeding as well as hunting activities,[4] with businesses in both Valdeolivas (10 km2) and the Finca El Arco (2.5 km2) in the province of Toledo.[5]
His father also introduced him to administration of the Atlético de Madrid football team, with Gil Marín becoming the CEO in 1993.[5] Since 2004, as Jesús Gil died, he also became the owner of the majority of shares along Enrique Cerezo, who became Chairman of the company.[5] As the conversion from football club into a Sociedad Anónima Deportiva (SAD) in the 1990s was ruled as a case of embezzlement ("unlawful appropriation") by justice (although the Supreme Court suspended the two-year prison sentence to Gil Marín and Cerezo as well as the restitution of shares in 2004 on the basis of the extinction of the charges after 5 years), the property over the shares remains controversial.[6]
Gil Marín lives in the exclusive La Finca in Pozuelo de Alarcón; as of 2022, his fortune was estimated as the 52nd in Spain.
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