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| Corona beer founder makes everyone in his village a millionaire with will | |
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| The founder of Corona beer has left £2m in his will to each resident of the small Spanish village in which he grew up. | The founder of Corona beer has left £2m in his will to each resident of the small Spanish village in which he grew up. |
| Antonino Fernández, who died aged 98 in August, left £169m to the 80 residents of the small village of Cerezales del Condado in north west Spain, The Telegraph reports. | Antonino Fernández, who died aged 98 in August, left £169m to the 80 residents of the small village of Cerezales del Condado in north west Spain, The Telegraph reports. |
| The owner of the only bar in the village, Maximino Sanchez told the Diario de León newspaper: "We never had any money before. | The owner of the only bar in the village, Maximino Sanchez told the Diario de León newspaper: "We never had any money before. |
| "I don’t know, what we would have done without Antonino." | "I don’t know, what we would have done without Antonino." |
| Mr Fernández first moved to Mexico in 1949 aged 32 where he started working for the Grupo Modelo brewery. | Mr Fernández first moved to Mexico in 1949 aged 32 where he started working for the Grupo Modelo brewery. |
| He rose through the ranks and was in large part responsible for making the company's beers, including Corona, some of the best selling in the world. | He rose through the ranks and was in large part responsible for making the company's beers, including Corona, some of the best selling in the world. |
| He served as the brewery's CEO from 1971 through to 1997. | He served as the brewery's CEO from 1971 through to 1997. |
| A noted philanthropist, Mr Fernández established a company in his home province of León which provided jobs for those with disabilities before replicating the same model in the Mexican state of Puebla. | A noted philanthropist, Mr Fernández established a company in his home province of León which provided jobs for those with disabilities before replicating the same model in the Mexican state of Puebla. |
| For his charity work, King Juan Carlos of Spain awarded him the Order of Isabella the Catholic. | For his charity work, King Juan Carlos of Spain awarded him the Order of Isabella the Catholic. |