Jaime Bravo early training as a "trapezista" saved his life in the bull ring many times. A native of Mexico City, Jaime seldom fought there because he was so popular in border towns like Tijuana. Bravo also had the uncanny knack of utilizing scandal to garner headlines. During an August 1968 "corrida", playing to the tourist crowds of Tijuana, Bravo "requested the animal be spared. This, in turn, was denied, and the torero [Bravo] who refused to kill the bull was escorted to the local jail and fined". Bravo received headlines for his defiance. Only one month earlier, at a July 1968
Carlos Torres Vila (banker) the Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria and the Turkish bank Garanti Bank and represents BBVA in the Board of Trustees of Endeavor España. Carlos Torres Vila (banker) Carlos Torres Vila (born in Salamanca, 24 February 1966) is a Spanish banker, who since May 2015 has been the president and CEO of the Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria. He completed his undergraduate degree in electrical engineering and business at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and earned an MBA from the Sloan School of Management at the same university. Torres Vila also holds a law degree from the UNED. Carlos began his professional career