an incoming family with a long business traditionand his son Enrique Riquelme de la Torrefounder solar companies, Enrique Riquelme Vives’ (Cox, 1989) entrepreneurial capacity was evident from a very young age. so far, but with 20 yearsIn the midst of the Great Recession, She decided to pack her bags to seek luck in Brazil, At the door of the World Cup and the Olympic Games. However, on a scale Panama ruined his plans. For good, yes. Enrique Riquelme Mortgage his flat in Torrevieja and the 115,000 euros his father gave him, and three or four trucks from the family-run startup from 1992 that the bank gave him, he began to support the El Sol Group, eventually becoming the largest supplier of sand to the joint venture responsible for the Panama Canal expansion works.
It was the beginning of a brilliant career that has now reached its peak. allocation of assets To Cox Energy, the renewable energy company he founded and headed Abengoa. «This new chapter is a Big responsibility we are facing humility and determination, qualifications Very present in Cox and Vega Baja”, says the young businessman in his statements to BİLGİ.
In this sense, the man from Alicante said, “Abengoa’s personal award to Cox Energy is a The new stage of personal and professional development» and adds: «This is the result of tremendous work by an entire team representing a generation of professionals with the desire to create value and make a positive impact on society».
As for the effect this can have for Cox Energy, he has no doubts about it: «Another milestone in our growth planor where we have increased the volume and size of our projects as well as our presence in different markets. A new phase is opening where the company wishes to continue to bet on innovation for clean energy generation”.
third generation
Enrique Riquelme actually represents the third generation. a family with extensive work experience from the agri-food sector to the construction sector. Despite his raid on the Panama Canal now and from the very beginning, He was clear about his commitment to renewable energy. and especially with solar energy photovoltaic. It is a sector that people reach by observing the conditions in which they live in Panama. In a region whose electricity generation relies on hydroelectric power, hot and dry seasons have been accompanied by supply disruptions and blackouts. He saw it very clearly one day, almost by chance, while passing through a shopping center with no lights and no air conditioning. Therefore, it was decided to diversify and experiment with renewable sources. up to this point In 2012 he led the tender and development phase of the largest photovoltaic project ever launched in Latin America.with a plant Guatemala With a capacity of 55.6 megawatts.
Shortly thereafter, in 2014, he would form Cox Energy, which now owns a company. Project portfolio in Europe, North America, Colombia, Central America and the Caribbean, Despite having previous experience in the French-speaking African region, South Africa and India. Everything from the promotion of solar parks, to distributed generation or marketing, to strategic investments and divestments in renewable energies, to highly defined lines of business along with an R&D area for batteries and hydrogen.
Started with Cox Energy America Listing on the Mexican Stock Exchange in 2020, Together worth 200 millions euros. Another milestone in Enrique Riquelme’s career: he became the first photovoltaic solar company in Latin America to go public.
In parallel, Enrique Riquelme is also the chairman and largest shareholder of the company. Cox Real Estate, a company specializing in shopping center investments and real estate sector, named after the city where it was born, like Cox Energy. He has always argued in this regard:Despite coming out quite young, Cox is very important to me.».
His name has already come to the fore in sports lately. So much so that two years ago it was spoken so loudly that it challenged Florentino Pérez for the presidency of Real Madrid. However, the elections were brought forward and time did not allow it, but he never concealed that he would try when the process was called again. Moreover, he has been a member of the white club for over two decades and his father was already on the board of Real Madrid with Ramón Calderón.
To his credit, Enrique Riquelme National Young Entrepreneur Award from the Confederation of Spanish Young Entrepreneur Associations (CEAJE) received the award in 2018 and was awarded in February 2020. “Important information.