Eldish Entrepreneur Pascual Pérez Castillo has been surfing the wave of success for eight years. In 2015, it started its operations in Villena as a modest, low-cost fiber and Wi-Fi telecommunications operator and now has close to 900,000 customers, in addition to sponsoring the national men’s and women’s football and basketball championships of its company Finetwork. teams, Betis, Real Sociedad and drivers like Fernando Alonso and Pedro Acosta. However, its great success was achieved with Deportivo Eldense. He bought the team for 200,000 euros so that it would not be lost and moved it to the Second Division of Spanish football after three promotions in a row. Like King Midas, everything he touches turns into gold.
pascual perez castillo does not respond to the typical profile of a successful businessman nor the head of a professional football team. A prudent man with simple habits avoids flattery and fame as well as suits and ties. The press, cameras and boxes don’t belong to him either. In fact, he hasn’t given any interviews for nearly 50 years. Even when his team achieved an epic promotion to the Second Division on June 25 after sixty years in a desert that was about to destroy a century-old club.
One of his close friends Alfonso Losa was the one who convinced him to take the team from his home city. only with the intention of preventing it from being lost. But Pérez Castillo’s mentality is not conformist even when playing ludo. Proof of this is the success achieved in the Third Division after taking Eldense and moving it to the silver category of professional football. Promoted to Second RFEF in the first season; in the second, to the First RFEF and now to the Second Division. He was on the verge of disappearing due to his debt of close to 250,000 euros when he decided to step up and turn it into a sports limited company. Now The value of the club exceeds 13 million The pride, enthusiasm and confidence of a city rooted in the king of the euro and sport has been restored.
Social relationships are not the president’s strength, and the only notoriety he seeks is that of his company. He is a self-sufficient, down-to-earth businessman who likes to surround himself with his family and trusted friends. Some have been attending parties and dinners since childhood, which celebrities like singer Alejandro Sanz hold at or outside his mansion; footballers Sergio Ramos and Joaquín; former football player Roberto Carlos; pilot Fernando Alonso; culé president Joan Laporta and former banker Mario Conde, among others.
horse and motor racing
On his huge farm in a natural setting in the neighboring town of Petrer, he has a barn where he nurtures another passion: bloodstock. But its weakness is motorsports. He loves motorcycle racing and Formula 1. That’s why he uses Vice-President José Antonio Castilla as his right-hand man and trusted man at the club for football issues he can’t deal with.
The humble origins of the owner of Eldense and Finetwork and his liberation to marry the woman of his life, whom he adores and who has two daughters together, prevented him from pursuing higher education. But those who know him closely can be sure. of extraordinary intelligence. He is a gifted autodidact in binary programming and has an unusual vision for the business world. his computer skills Silicon valley, the California headquarters of the world’s leading technology companies. It was signed by Apple and when he returned to Spain he founded Finetwork after making a fortune with his patents. And it was not an easy task because as a telecommunications operator he had to succeed in obtaining an administrative concession from the State.
In 2020 he moved his company from Villena to Elda, where it is located in a modern warehouse in the Finca Lacy industrial area. His employees have great respect for him for his close and friendly behavior. They say it’s not the “typical boss” who locks himself in his office and has no contact with the “curritos”. Pérez Castillo is one of those people who likes to talk one-on-one with their employees to get their ideas first hand. It’s a course of action that applies to managers, coaches, players and club employees at Eldense.
Regular training It is common to find it near the Nuevo Pepico Amat stadium. exchanging ideas with fans. He also likes to go down to the locker room and be friendly with the players. But he doesn’t feel comfortable in the box. He prefers grandstands. Despite having no choice but to sit in the presidential field with another Pérez in the first match against Castilla. In this case, Florentine.
The man who brought Eldense back to the Second Division Tesla is a private investor in Apple, Amazon and Google. But it wasn’t always King Midas who turned everything he touched into gold. He knows very well what it means to fail in the business world. He has made several unsuccessful attempts in various industries. But his greatness stands up to reinvent himself and try again.