Curriculum

When he was twelve, he left school and began to work as conductor in his father's bus and as apprentice in a garage in Ourense. As the Civil War broke out, he did his military service in the National Army and returned to Ourense when the war was over. Together with his brother, he founded a building firm making the first bus 'Barreiros' out of parts of other automobiles. In 1949, he changed petrol engines into diesel ones. Two years later, he moved to Madrid with his brothers and set up a factory of engine transformation. In 1954, he created the company 'Barreiros Ltd.', dedicated to the production of lorries, buses, tractors, vans, diesel engines and generator sets. In 1957, he presented the lorry 'Barreiros' in spite of the obstacles of the Ministry of Industry. In 1964, he formed a partnership with 'Simca' and 'Chrysler', appearing the 'Dodge Dart', breaking with 'Chrysler' and creating the holding company 'Inbursa'. He created the company 'Cimisa', which manufactured motors. In 1978, he moved to Cuba and advised Fidel Castro and started with his patent a factory of lorries and buses that would export to countries of the East Europe.