The billionaire founder of Corona beer has made his entire home village millionaires in his will.
Antonino Fernandez, who was born in the Spanish village of Cerezales del Condado in 1917, emigrated to Mexico to make his fortune but clearly hasn’t forgotten his roots.
The drinks mogul left the 80 residents of his home village £2 million (AU$3.36 million) each, The Sun reports.
Generous Fernandez died in August this year at 99 years of age.
His will left £169 million (A$284m) to the residents of the village in Spain’s Leon province where he grew up in deep poverty as one of 13 siblings.
Antonino emigrated to Mexico with his wife in 1949 at 32 years of age to make his fortune, eventually becoming the CEO of Grupo Modelo in 1971, the company which brews the world famous beer.
Maximino Sanchez, who owns a bar in the village, told the Diario de León newspaper: “We never had any pesete (money) before. I don’t know, what we would have done without Antonino.”