Rafa Nadal takes a definitive step in his commitment to promoting values in sport and education in young people and adults around the world and accelerates its international expansion plans by giving entry into the shareholding of GPFwho shares the values promoted in the Rafa Nadal Academy in addition to a great cultural and generational identity with Rafa Nadal.
The Rafa Nadal AcademyRafa Nadal’s great life project located in Mallorca and which started in 2016, has experienced exponential growth both in facilities and in the publicwith more than 500 employees and more than 100,000 annual visitors to its 80,000 square meters of educational and sports facilities.
Thanks to this growth, The Rafa Nadal Academy has become one of the world’s leading educational and sports centersfocused on training its students and athletes in the same values that have guided Rafa Nadal towards personal and professional success.
Located in Mallorca, birthplace of Rafa Nadal, The academy has recently completed the last phase of expansion of its facilities and currently has a student residence where nearly 4,000 young people stay each year.a residence with 95 rooms and 10 apartments for the more than 10,000 adults a year who opt for immersion in tennis training programs and an international school (Rafa Nadal International School) with more than 450 students of 45 nationalities, including 3 years and 18 years of age.
From left to right, Lorenzo Martinez de Albornoz, Rafa Nadal, Ignacio Olascoaga, Martin Rodriguez-Fraile and Guillermo Castellanos.
Las sports facilities consist of 45 tennis courts (indoor and outdoor), 16 paddle tennis courts, 1 soccer field, 3 swimming pools, fitness center, spa and a sports clinic that is managed by QuirónSalud to guarantee good medical monitoring of the thousands of players who pass through its facilities. Additionally, The Academy houses the Rafa Nadal Museum which contains, in addition to a leisure area with numerous interactive activities, an exhibition with some of the most important trophies from Rafa Nadal’s career as well as numerous iconic objects donated by great international legends of other sports.
I am convinced that this partnership will be a success that will help us accelerate the growth of the group
Rafael Nadal
As part of the agreement between Rafa Nadal and GPF, The international department has been reinforced with the appointment of Carlos Costa as director of International Development, division that will have the support of people who have been key in the development and consolidation of the Academy of Mallorca, such as Toni Nadal and Maribel Nadal (Deputy General Director).
“For many years we have worked to consolidate the academy in Mallorca and begin to be in different parts of the world. I am personally very satisfied with everything we have been doing so far and that is why I am especially excited to start this exciting stage of international expansion with the help of GPF., who shares our values, vision and enthusiasm. “I am convinced that this association will be a success that will help us accelerate the growth of the group,” said Rafa Nadal himself.
“At GPF we are firmly committed to investing in education and sports as fundamental pillars of society., and no project brings them together better than the Rafa Nadal Academy. We are very excited to partner with Rafa to work together with his entire team to accelerate the group’s international expansion,” commented Martín Rodríguez-Fraile, founding partner of GPF.
GPF (www.gpf-partners.com) is a private equity investment firm founded in 2015 by Martin Rodriguez-Fraile, Ignacio Olascoaga, Lorenzo Martinez de Albornoz and Guillermo Castellanos. GPF currently has more than €1.2 billion of capital under management between the GPF Capital I, GPF Capital II, GPF Capital III, GPF Capital IV and Inbest GPF Real Estate funds. All funds are owned by private investors from Spain, the US, Europe and 13 Latin American countries, providing it with unparalleled capillarity in the American continent for the long-term development of its investments.
GPF has been advised by EY, Roland Berger and Uría Menéndez. Rafa Nadal has been advised by Broseta Abogados.
2023-11-13 09:47:41
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