Julio Ariza
Julio Ariza Irigoyen, born in Carcastillo, Navarra, Spain in 1957 is a Spanish entrepreneur who currently chairs the Grupo Intereconomia. He was part of the Spanish People's Party in Catalonia with Alejo Vidal-Quadras and an MP in the regional parliament.
After his political career in Catalonia, he moved to Madrid where he acquired :es:Radio Intereconomía|Radio Intereconomía in 1997, a radio formula based on financial information and classical music. In the following years, it became a reference station in Spain.
Currently, the Group comprises several media like television channels, radio and the newspaper La Gaceta, with a strong conservative and anti-abortion ideology.
Nowadays, the chairman of Intereconomía usually comments the news in television programs with high audiences that consolidate him as one of the leaders of communication in Spain.
