Enric Llaudet

Enric Llaudet Ponsa (Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, 25 September 1916 - 15 August 2003) was a Catalan businessman and sports leader who chaired FC Barcelona between 1961 and 1968.

Born into a family of the Catalan bourgeoisie, his father, Josep Llaudet, who had been manager of the FC Barcelona was an industrialist, who in 1901 Yarns Llaudet had founded a business dedicated to the manufacture of cotton yarn. Llaudet son inherited the family business, when this was one of the main Catalan textile industry, already available from several factories in Catalonia, including an own colony in Sant Joan de les Abadesses.

In 1953 Enric Llaudet became a director on the board of FC Barcelona presiding Francesc Miró-Sans. He was a member of the finance committee and the sports, then president of the sections of the club. In 1956 was responsible for Club Deportivo Condal, a subsidiary Barca he played that year in Primera Division.

Following the resignation of Miro-Sans, in February 1961, Llaudet was submitted to the elections to head the club, in competition with another former director, Jaume Fuset. In the elections, held on 7 June 1961, the partners commissioners-who by then were the only voting-they settled on Llaudet nominated by a narrow margin of 24 votes (122 to 98).

Llaudet found a club in a difficult economic situation, dragging a debt of 289 million ESP, largely for the construction of the Camp Nou. Shortly after his arrival at the office, also faced the departure of three of the most emblematic players of the club's history: first, Ladislao Kubala and Antoni Ramallets, removed, and the other Luis Suarez, sold to Internazionale for 25 million pesetas. With this transfer millionaire, the most expensive in football history to date, the new president tried to soothe the delicate financial situation of the club.

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