‘This house brings together privacy, experience and atmosphere’
‘I think that what you give — good or bad — you get back, many times over’
Beatriz Rubio is an inspiration: a woman who’s built – literally from the ground up – a property empire that employs 20,000 people and takes in every aspect of the business, from construction, sales and financing to TV makeover shows. But whenever someone praises her achievements, Bea is quick to point out: “It’s not just me. There are two of us in everything. Manuel Alvarez, my husband, is the visionary, the one with the big ideas.” Her role, she says, is to put their plans into action.
WINNING TEAM
Teenage sweethearts, the Spanish couple