Argentine football star Lionel Messi has launched a real estate investment fund in the Spanish market at a price of 57.4 euros per share, bringing the fund’s market value to 223 million euros.
Messi, the current Inter Miami player and former Barcelona striker, assumed the presidency of the board of directors of the Edificio Rostaur Sotheme, according to documents published by the Portfolio Stock Exchange, a European alternative market under the supervision of the Bank of Spain (the Spanish Bank). Central Bank).
According to the documents, the company “Edificio Rostaur Sothemi” owns 7 hotels in Spain and Andorra, 3 offices and 5 apartments, in addition to apartments in London and Paris.
According to records published by Portfolio Stock Exchange, the company was founded in 2013 and recorded a loss of 1.7 million euros in 2023.
The company has not yet responded to a request for comment on its stock market debut yesterday Monday.
Most of the company’s investments are in the Spanish region of Catalonia, where Messi (37) moved there in 2000 at the age of 13 to join the Barcelona youth team.
Messi lived there until 2021, when he surprisingly left Barcelona to join Paris Saint-Germain after the debt-ridden Catalan club said they could not afford to keep him due to club rules. La Liga financial fair play.
The eight-time Ballon d’Or winner has said he plans to return to live in Barcelona with his wife and three children after retirement.
Antonella Roccuzzo, Messi’s wife, is vice-president of the board of directors. Other board members are Alfonso Nebot, who heads Messi’s family office, and Ramon Adele, who sits on the board of Spanish energy company Naturgy.